The Holy Quran in Sura Al Hajj ( chapter 22 verse# 65) says
Pickthall:He holdeth back the heaven from falling on the earth unless by His leave. Lo! Allah is, for mankind, Full of Pity, Merciful.
Shakir: He withholds the heaven from falling on the earth except with His permission; most surely Allah is Compassionate, Merciful to men.
As me know the sky is vast. So how can it fall into the earth?This sounds absurd. Any answers please?
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John D
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
As we all know, the world is carried by four elephants who are, in turn, carried by Great A’Tuin, the giant star turtle (not to be confused with the Star-Child who exists in a parallel universe). Of course, Allah, together with the three great giraffes, hold up the sky so that it does not fall down (this role is equivalent to that of Atlas who holds up the sky in a parallel universe).
Hope this helps.
Farn
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Well of course it can sound absurd.But nothing is Impossible for Allah to do…isnt it?
When He can create sky so cant He fall it on earth too?
He is merciful coz He is not letting the sky to fall , being merciful to us.isnt He?
Last line : Nothing is Impossible for God He can do anything…
Lion of Judah
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
so chicken licken was right, the sky WAS falling.
Eshcol
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
The way I see it, a tornado and a water spout is the sky falling to the ground. I’m a Christian reader of the Holy Qur’an (Holy Qur’an 2:62.)
*~Death Barely a Breath Away
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Alright I’m going to give you an explanation bear with all the reading… it will get to the verse you stated trust me..
"THE SKY MADE A DOME
It is He Who made the Earth a couch for you, and the sky a dome. He sends down water from the sky and by it brings forth fruits for your provision. Do not, then, knowingly make others equal to Allah. (Qur’an, 2:22)
Here, the sky is described as "al-samaa’ binaa’." As well as the meaning of "dome" or "ceiling," this also describes a kind of tent-like covering used by the Bedouin.23 By describing the sky as a tent-like structure, the Qur’an is emphasizing that it is a form of protection against external elements.Even if we are generally unaware of it, a large number of meteors fall to the Earth, as they do to the other planets. The reason why these make enormous craters on other planets but do no harm on Earth is that the atmosphere puts up considerable resistance to a falling meteor. The meteor is unable to withstand this for long and loses much of its mass from combustion due to friction. This danger, which might otherwise cause terrible disasters, is thus prevented thanks to the atmosphere. As well as the verses regarding the protective properties of the atmosphere cited above, attention is also drawn to the special creation in the following verse:
Don’t you see that Allah has made everything on the Earth subservient to you and the ships running upon the sea by His command? He holds back the heaven, preventing it from falling to the Earth-except by His permission. Allah is All-Compassionate to humanity, Most Merciful. (Qur’an, 22:65)
The protective property of the atmosphere we discussed in the preceding section protects the Earth from space-in other words, from external elements. With the word "dome," referring to the sky in the above verse, attention is drawn to this aspect of the sky, which could not possibly have been known at the time of our Prophet (saas). The fact that this information was imparted 1,400 years ago in the Qur’an, when there were no spacecraft or giant telescopes, shows that the Qur’an is the revelation of our Lord, the Omniscient."
Absurd? I think not ; )
Joez2103
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
I don’t know much about the Qur’an, but I know that in the Bible it says somethings about god keeping the universe sustained. I’m not sure if it’s in other religions as well. Maybe the verse isn’t meant to be literal or scientific, but merely is suggesting that Allah created and sustains the universe like it says in the Bible.
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