RE: [Quranic Reflection]: Water came from space as NASA said
December 14, 2019 at 9:10 pm
(This post was last modified: December 14, 2019 at 9:16 pm by WinterHold.)
(December 14, 2019 at 6:18 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 14, 2019 at 6:00 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: The origin of water on earth was not known. Humans as far as we know took water for granted as a product of earth itself.
But as NASA stated, the source of most of water in our planet came with commets and asteroids which collided with earth:
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/ocean-worlds/
But the fact was mentioned very early in history in the Quran:
Note: the "One" is God.
In another verse:
Note: "we" is the Arabic way to call a very great thing; in the Quran that is God
NASA just asserted these ancient verses; water did indeed come from the skies, it does indeed have a limit -it can even be measured by modern humans-, and indeed it can go away.
Water from the sky is not the same as water from space. What the Quran appears to be describing is rain. You would have a better case if the verses read something like, 'And We sent down water from the furthest reaches of Heaven, from the realm where the stars abide. And We sent it in great rocks and heaps that came to the earth with a noise like thunder.'
Not impressed.
Boru
The context of the verse is what made me incline to this interpretation.
For example, the context in this other verse points to rain:
Quote:Sura 42, The Quran:
https://quran.com/42/28?translations=
Sahih International
( 28 ) And it is He who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads His mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.
and
Quote:Sura 31, The Quran:
https://quran.com/31/34?translations=
Sahih International
(34) Indeed, Allah [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.
Also the Arabic literal word used here for the "water" is "الغيث" which is the rain.
But the literal word used in verses in the OP is just "water" which is "ماء"
(December 14, 2019 at 7:52 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(December 14, 2019 at 6:00 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: The origin of water on earth was not known.
Pigshit. Hydrogen and Oxygen are the two most common elements in the Universe. They bond readily and ice is found every-fucking-where.
Tell that to NASA; Sama. Even Venus has water vapor.