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Qur'an Verses About Geography |
Geography is a knowledge that describes about the earth
surface. There are so many terminologies that using by the scientists and
geography experts such like Hartshorne, Bintarto, Alexande, Yates and so on.
However if we take the conclusion that geography basically centrally at
geosphere phenomenon in relation dissemination and spreading. In this posting
we would discuss about Al-Qur'an verses that related to geography. Happy
reading!
Qur'an verses about How the entire world and solar
system process formed
Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 30:
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ
كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ أَفَلَا
يُؤْمِنُونَ
"Do not those who
disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were closed up, but We have
opened them; and We have made of water everything living, will they not then
believe?"
Surah Fussilat, Verse 11:
ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا
وَلِلْأَرْضِ ائْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا قَالَتَا أَتَيْنَا طَائِعِينَ
"Then He directed
Himself to the heaven and it is a vapor, so He said to it and to the earth:
Come both, willingly or unwillingly. They both said: We come willingly."
Qur'an discuss about the stars
Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 5:
وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا
رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ
"And certainly We
have adorned this lower heaven with lamps and We have made these missiles for
the Shaitans, and We have prepared for them the chastisement of burning."
Qur'an discuss about the sun
Surah Ya Seen, Verse 38:
وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ
الْعَلِيمِ
"And the sun runs
on to a term appointed for it; that is the ordinance of the Mighty, the
Knowing."
Qur'an discuss earth
Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 10:
الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا
سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
"He Who made the
earth a resting-place for you, and made in it ways for you that you may go
aright;"
Qur'an discuss about planetarium
Surah Ibrahim, Verse 33:
وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ دَائِبَيْنِ وَسَخَّرَ
لَكُمُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ
"And He has made
subservient to you the sun and the moon pursuing their courses, and He has made
subservient to you the night and the day."
Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 33:
وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ
كُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
"And He it is Who
created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all (orbs) travel along
swiftly in their celestial spheres."
Qur'an discuss about soil
Surah Al-Araf, Verse 57:
وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهِ
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًا ثِقَالًا سُقْنَاهُ لِبَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ فَأَنزَلْنَا
بِهِ الْمَاءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِ مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ الْمَوْتَىٰ
لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
"And He it is Who
sends forth the winds bearing good news before His mercy, until, when they
bring up a laden cloud, We drive it to a dead land, then We send down water on
it, then bring forth with it of fruits of all kinds; thus shall We bring forth
the dead that you may be mindful."
Qur'an discuss about rocks
Surah Al-Baqara, Verse 74:
ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُم مِّن بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَهِيَ كَالْحِجَارَةِ
أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةً وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ الْأَنْهَارُ
وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الْمَاءُ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا
يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ وَمَا اللَّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
"Then your hearts
hardened after that, so that they were like rocks, rather worse in hardness;
and surely there are some rocks from which streams burst forth, and surely
there are some of them which split asunder so water issues out of them, and
surely there are some of them which fall down for fear of Allah, and Allah is
not at all heedless of what you do."
Qur'an discuss about earthquake
Surah Al-Araf, Verse 78:
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ
"Then the
earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their
abode."
Qur'an discuss about season
Surah Quraish, Verse 2:
إِيلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ الشِّتَاءِ وَالصَّيْفِ
"Their protection during their trading caravans in the
winter and the summer"
Surah Ibrahim, Verse 25:
تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ
الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
"Yielding its
fruit in every season by the permission of its Lord? And Allah sets forth
parables for men that they may be mindful."
Qur'an discuss about the wind
Surah Ar-Room, Verse 46:
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَن يُرْسِلَ الرِّيَاحَ مُبَشِّرَاتٍ وَلِيُذِيقَكُم
مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِ وَلِتَجْرِيَ الْفُلْكُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ
تَشْكُرُونَ
"And one of His
signs is that He sends forth the winds bearing good news, and that He may make
your taste of His mercy, and that the ships may run by His command, and that
you may seek of His grace, and that you may be grateful."
Qur'an discuss about the clouds
Surah An-Noor, Verse 43:
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُزْجِي سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ
ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِهِ وَيُنَزِّلُ
مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِن بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ
عَن مَّن يَشَاءُ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِ يَذْهَبُ بِالْأَبْصَارِ
"Do you not see
that Allah drives along the clouds, then gathers them together, then piles them
up, so that you see the rain coming forth from their midst? And He sends down
of the clouds that are (like) mountains wherein is hail, afflicting therewith
whom He pleases and turning it away from whom He pleases; the flash of His
lightning almost takes away the sight"
Qur'an discuss about the rain
Surah Ar-Room, Verse 48:
اللَّهُ الَّذِي يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَيَبْسُطُهُ
فِي السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ وَيَجْعَلُهُ كِسَفًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ
خِلَالِهِ فَإِذَا أَصَابَ بِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
"Allah is he Who
sends forth the winds so they raise a cloud, then He spreads it forth in the
sky as He pleases, and He breaks it up so that you see the rain coming forth
from inside it; then when He causes it to fall upon whom He pleases of His
servants, lo! they are joyful"
Qur'an discuss about the river
Surah An-Naml, Verse 61:
أَمَّن جَعَلَ الْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَجَعَلَ خِلَالَهَا أَنْهَارًا
وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا أَإِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ
اللَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
"Or, Who made the
earth a restingplace, and made in it rivers, and raised on it mountains and placed
between the two seas a barrier. Is there a god with Allah? Nay! most of them do
not know!"
Qur'an discuss about the seas
Surah Fatir, Verse
12:
وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْبَحْرَانِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَائِغٌ شَرَابُهُ
وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَمِن كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ
حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِهِ
وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
"And the two seas
are not alike: the one sweet, that subdues thirst by its excessive sweetness, pleasant
to drink; and the other salt, that burns by its saltness; yet from each of them
you eat fresh flesh and bring forth ornaments which you wear; and you see the
ships cleave through it that you may seek of His bounty and that you may be
grateful."
Qur'an discuss about the water wave
Surah Hud, Verse 43:
قَالَ سَآوِي إِلَىٰ جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ قَالَ لَا
عَاصِمَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا الْمَوْجُ
فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُغْرَقِينَ
"He said: I will
betake myself for refuge to a mountain that shall protect me from the water.
Nuh said: There is no protector today from Allah's punishment but He Who has
mercy; and a wave intervened between them, so he was of the drowned."
Qur'an discuss about mountain
Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 31:
وَجَعَلْنَا فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا
فِيهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ
"And We have made
great mountains in the earth lest it might be convulsed with them, and We have
made in it wide ways that they may follow a right direction."
And there are several Qur'an verses that related to
geography. We should can learn from Al-Qur'an. All these verses is just a
little evidence to prove that Qur'an and everything that consists in it are
right because it comes from Allah subhanahu wata'ala.
Surah Fussilat, Verse 53:
سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ
يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ
شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
"We will soon
show them Our signs in the Universe and in their own souls, until it will
become quite clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient as
regards your Lord that He is a witness over all things?"
See you in the other posting!