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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Miracle of Quran - two rivers side by side

Assalam alaikum wa rehmatullah wa barakatuhu,


Today when I was surfing and just checking updates on Facebook, I came across an update status on Miracle of Quran. I then searched further on Google for the science part of it as well.... I would like to share the video and part of article as well.



SUBHAN ALLAAH !!!!!!! ♥ 
"مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ * بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لّا يَبْغِيَانِ * فَبِأَيِّ آلاَءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ "


"He released the two seas, meeting [side by side]; Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?" [Surah Ar Rahman, 55:1-21]


In a clear video: 

Cannot stop praising & glorifying Allaah! ♥



First of all, here are the Ayaat of the Holy Quran, in Surah Rahman, Surah 55:19- 28


[19] He has let free the two bodies of flowing water (salt and fresh), meeting together:
[20] Between them is a barrier which they do not transgress:
[21] Then which of the favors of your lord will ye deny?
[22] Out of them come pearls and coral:
[23] Then which of the favors of your lord will ye deny?
[24] Also, his are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners.
[25] Then which of the favors of your lord will ye deny?
[26] All that live on it will perish.
[27] And there will endure for ever the person of your lord, the lord of glory and honor
[28] Then which of the favors of your lord will ye deny?


Now, what Modern science has discovered is, that where the 2 seas meet,  there is a barrier.  This barrier divides the 2 seas so that they do not mix.   Each sea has its own salinity, density and temperature. (Principles of Oceanography, Davis, pp. 92-93.) 


There is a slanted unseen water barrier between the seas through which water from one sea passes to the other. But when the water from one sea enters the other sea, it loses its distinctive characteristic and becomes homogenized with the other water. In a way this barrier serves as a transitional homogenizing area for the two waters.


This scientific phenonmenon mentioned in the QUR’AN was also confirmed by Dr. William Hay who is a well-known marine scientist and Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado, U.S.A.


The barrier has a different salinity and density from both the seas.


Modern Science has discovered that in estuaries, where fresh(sweet) and salt water meet, the situation is somewhat different from that found in places where two seas meet. It has been discovered that what distinguishes fresh water from salt water in estuarie is a “pycnocline zone with a marked density discontinuity separating the two layers.“ {Oceanography, Gross, p.242. Also see Introductory Oceanography, Thurman, pp. 300-301 ; Oceanography, Gross, p. 244 and Introductory Oceanography, Thurman, pp.300-301}.


One place on earth where this phenomenon is exhibited is Cape Agulhas, South Africa, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian Ocean.  It’s just amazing…


The barrier between the 2 seas 


Cape Agulhas, South Africa


The mediterranean sea meeting the Atlantic ocean


Another place is Gibraltar, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Mediterranean Sea.  This phenomenon also occurs in several other places, including Egypt, where the river Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea.


It’s amazing how, this was recently discovered by Oceanographers (if that’s what you call them) and was stated in the Quran, 1400 years ago.  And Allah knows best.


Compiled: http://nadiamf.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/where-2-oceans-meet-but-do-not-mix/

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