Quranic Miracles

[Ruggedtouch]

The word in question (peg, stake) in Arabic is "autaad." It means a stick that has been driven into the ground, therefore having a part above and a part below. That is where the understanding of "mountain roots" comes from. I'm not a speaker of Arabic, however, so if you want to pursue that line further I'll have to beg out and leave you to talk to one of the native speakers on here.

http://www.answering-islam.de/Main///Res...chap12.htm

"Pegs" for what? Also, Pickthall translates this term as "bulwarks" while Shakir translates it as "projections". In any case, what scientific fact can be derived from this passage?

If you want to claim that these sources are wrong, by all means provide evidence to the contrary. I'm sure no one here would mind learning a thing or two. So far, all you've done is insist in the vaguest of terms that "root theory" is not to be trusted.

You are certainly welcome to play fast and loose with interpretation all you wish. I note that you now refer to pegs rather than roots. It seems to me that if you’re going to allow yourself varying interpretations, you allow yourself the ability to justify anything you want.



I’m still unclear as to how quaranic science claims that mountains (with roots/pegs), stabilizes the earth when earthquakes and volcanoes invariably occur along these fault/uplift lines. I've asked this question repeatedly with no answer. It still seems odd to me.