Thursday 30 May 2013

Scientific 3 kinds of rocks and Quranic 3 kinds of rocks in Surah 2:74

Assalamalaikum

I was reading through Quran Surah 2:74 today and came across something very interesting.

The translation of the Ayah is:

Then your hearts hardened like rock; or even harder. For among rocks there are some from which rivers gush forth; and out of rocks there are those that crack open and water is found; and others which fall for fear of Allah. And Allah is not unmindful of what ye do. (surah 2 :74)

There is a talk given by Bro Nouman Ali Khan on the 3 types of rocks and 3 levels of faith. It is very enlightening and I wanted to read more on it to try to understand further why Allah SubhanawaTaala mentioned these 3 kinds of rocks.

I googled '3 kinds of rocks' and interestingly enough, the search brought me to a link showing me 3 kinds of rocks in scientific terminology.

Hence I wondered what is there, if any, between these 3 kinds of rocks in the Quran i.e.

i. rivers gush forth
ii. Rocks that are cracked open and water is found
iii. Rocks that fall out of the fear of Allah.


And the 3 kinds of scientific rocks i.e.

The three main types, or classes, of rock are
i. sedimentary,
ii. metamorphic, and
iii. igneous
and the differences among them have to do with how they are formed.

I fully understand that the Quran is not a book of science but has verses alluding to modern scientific discoveries and there are great linkages between the 2.

I was wondering if some learned alim would explain the meaning of these verses or maybe shed some light if at all possible and if there's any connection between the scienctific and Quranic rocks.

JazakAllah Khair

Assalamalaikum Warehmatullah

2 comments:

  1. This is a very interesting read! i would like to know it myself!

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  2. Plz also explain these three rocks characteristics, as mentioned in Holy Quran

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