INTERNAL OR DEEP STORMS AND WAVES IN SEAS AND OCEANS

INTERNAL OR DEEP STORMS AND WAVES IN SEAS AND OCEANS

 سورة النور آية 40

Or they are as shadows upon a sea obscure

covered by a billow

above which  is a billow

above which are clouds;

when he puts forth his hand, well-nigh he cannot see it.

And to whomsoever God assigns no light,

no light has he.

Chapter 24 verse 40

This verse expresses internal violent storms in the deep seas with their strong deep layers of waves: one upon the other. Here God coats a scientific fact with the most beautiful artistic expression. He compares the futility of unbelievers’ action to the pitch darkness in the deep seas when it is exposed to a violent storm. It is so dark that he could not even see his own hand.

This accurate description of storms in the deep seas became known to man only in 1900, when the Scandinavian sailors discovered that there are deep waves other than the ones on the surface. These deep waves, says Sheikh Azzidani, happen from 40 – 200 meters while pitch darkness starts from 200 meters. Mr. M.K. Abdelsamad adds that these waves are extremely strong and swift, and they happen because of some earthquakes taking place at the bottom of seas.

What is really amazing is that this accurate description is made by an illiterate person who lived all his life in the arid desert of Saudi Arabia and away forms the environment of seas and oceans. Besides, a human body could not bear diving more than 30 meters without modern equipment; and if he does he dies.

Was prophet Mohammed an expert in diving and was he equipped with the most sophisticated equipments. Certainly not, this description could not be but an inspiration by the Creator not only of seas but of everything in the whole universe.

It is one of more than a thousand verses that denote scientific facts known only in the 20^th century. It is one of a set of verses that renews the interpretation of The Holy Qur’an to suit scientific materialistic minds. They provide man with the light that might illuminate his soul and carry him from the age of spiritual darkness into the heavenly light. Hence, making a healthy balance between the spiritual and the materialistic and help in building a sound and wholesome person.