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Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

densities." These internal waves cover the deep waters of seas and
oceans because deep water has a higher density than the water above
it. Internal waves act like surface waves. They can break, just like sur-
face waves. Internal waves cannot be discerned by the human eye, but
they can be detected by studying temperature or salinity changes at a
given location. 66
The statements in the Qur'an run parallel precisely the above
explanation. Certainly, this fact, which scientists has discovered very

recently, shows once again that the Qur'an is the word of Allah.

200m

1,000m

6,000m

850m
100m Measurements made with today's tech-
150m nology have revealed that between
200m
3 and 30 percent of the sunlight is
reflected at the surface of the sea. Then,
almost all of the seven colours of the light spec-
trum are absorbed, one after another, in the first 200
metres (660 feet), except for blue light (picture at left). Below a depth of
1,000 metres (3,280 feet), there is no light at all (above picture). This scien-
tific fact was pointed out in Surat an-Nur 40 in the Qur'an 1,400 years ago.

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