The Ancient Rivers of Egypt: A new Qur’anic Miracle
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Let’s contemplate this
new invention about ancient Egypt and the rivers and plantsit had and
how the Qur’an precisely talks about them…... …
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Scientists
have recently proven that the historical places where the pyramids are
found in Egypt were one day rich in rivers and forests and this
scientific fact hasn't been proven until the mid of 2012 according to a scientific
study that lasted for several years. Amazingly, however, the holy
Qur’an precisely talks about this fact 1,400 years ago; all glory to
Allah, The Almighty.
Scientists’ Beliefs about Ancient Egypt
Scientists
believed that the Pharaohs built the pyramids in dessert regions same
as today’s region. This belief, however, has been proven wrong for
scientists have long searched for the secrets of the pharaohs as well as
the secrets behind building the pyramids and have studied and analyzed
many inscriptions and manuscripts, but they haven’t found a scientific
proof to reveal the type of environment that prevailed then.
It’s
known that the pharaohs built their civilization more than five
thousand years ago and they had great power and advanced techniques.
They also studied chemistry, mummification, architecture, and astrology.
Historical studies also reveal that people at that time lived in
luxury, delight,and welfare and had a convenient environment for
progress and prosperity.
This
is the pyramid’s dessert environment as it appears today. If we
contemplate this area,we expect that it was like this thousands of years
ago and no one would expect that beneath these sands were rivers and
waters that flew for thousands of years and then disappeared due to
climate change that affects all regions all over the earth every several
thousands of years.
New Historical and Scientific Studies
Researchers
say that for the first time theyhave discovered that climate change is a
key ingredient in the collapse of civilizations such as the pharaohs’
civilization in ancient Egypt 4,000 years ago (according to the Daily
Mail, edition 29 May 2012). Professor LiviuGiosantogether with a team of
researchers conducted a thorough study that lasted for five years.
Through satellite data, they discovered that the availability of rivers
contributed to the establishment of these ancient civilizations and due
to the demise of such rivers, the civilizations also demised and
gradually disappeared over thousands of years.
In
this study, archeologists connected the prosperity of civilizations to
the availability of rivers in a certain region. The ArabianDesert, for
instance, which stretches from Egypt to Libya and Algeria for thousands
of kilometers, was one day prosperous and rivers flew in it.
Professor
Michael Petragliaof Oxford University says that beneath these sands,
there’s an enormous network of rivers which once fed the Egyptian
civilization and which enabled the pharaohs to establish a great kingdom
almost five thousand years ago.
In
a recent study, (according to the Daily Mail, edition 17th August,
2012), researchers analyzed 7,000-year-old ancient pollen and charcoal
samples and found that climate change and the drought of rivers led to
the demise of the ancient Egyptian civilization.
The
US Geological Survey USGS has revealed that even the mighty builders of
the ancient pyramids and despite their strong civilization were unable
to respond to a changing climate. The researchers have noticed the
increase in charcoal levels at the time of drought due to fires. They
also found large reductions of pollen signifying far fewer plants grew
in that area.
Recent scientific studies tell us that the pharaohs
carved these statues in a land that’s full of life and rich in water and
trees, but the drought and climate change factors caused the
displacement of its inhabitants and its desertification as well as the
demise of most life forms.
Professor
Benjamin Horton of Pennsylvania University confirms that the events
that underwent ancient Egypt including civilization prosperity, climate
change, the demise of rivers as well as the demise of this civilization,
all such events are accurately recorded on the coal atoms and pollen
grains and other microscopic creatures and if it weren’t for these
records, we wouldn’t have been able to know all these past events.
All
glory to Allah, The Exalted who preserved this information on the
charcoal and pollen atoms and if it weren’t for them, we could have
never been able to know the history of this region, but Allah who
entrusted this data in the charcoal atoms is the same God who talks
about it in the holy Qur'an.
This
is a satellite picture that shows how human life in most parts of Egypt
became extinct and became merely centered in the Nile region (the green
line region). Archeologists assert that this desert region was one day
green and prosperous and rich in lakes, rivers, and plants and springs
flew everywhere.
A Great Qur’anic Indication
Now,
having examined theses scientific studies which were first presented in
2012, let’s contemplate the holy Qur’an and the hadith, sayings, of
Prophet Mohammad, PBUH, and how the holy Qur’an talked about this
scientific fact fourteen centuries ago and see whether the holy Qur’an
is in consistent with science or not? Let's read...
1-The
holy Qur’an talks about the story of the Pharaoh of Egypt and the
luxury he enjoyed and the graces and good that Allah granted him in more
than one verse, but the Pharaoh disbelieved in Allah, the almighty and
was arrogant. Thus, Allah punished him for his sins and drowned him;
Allah says in the holy Qur'an:
“And
Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying: "O my people! does not the
dominion of Egyptbelong to me, (witness) these streams flowing
underneath my (palace)? What! See ye not then?”Zukhruf: 43: 51
The
miracle is in Allah's saying: "these streams flowing..." which is an
indication to the rivers of ancient Egypt, a fact that wasn't known at
the time of Qur'anic revelations.
Archeologists
affirm that the ancient Egypt was rich in farms, plants, and fruit
trees at the time of the pharaohs and they have come to this conclusion
through the huge and miscellaneous amounts of pollen which they found
hidden in the desert sands for seven thousand years.
Such
scientific fact is also revealed in the holy Qur’an in the verses that
talk about the story of the pharaoh and how Allah, the great expelled
him from the luxury he enjoyed. Allah, the almighty says:
“So We expelled them from gardens, springs * Treasures, and every kind of honourable position;” Shur’araa or Poets: 26: 57-58
If we contemplate the above verse where it says “gardens, springs”,
we’ll find a very obvious indication to the existence of springs and
gardens, a fact that has been proven today by archeologists.
2-The
new study affirms that the Arabian Desert in North Africa isn't the
only placewhere civilizations prospered due to rivers, forests, and
meadows for there’s a region in the Empty Quarter desert in the Arabian
Peninsula that had a network of rivers and civilizations that were
buried beneath the desert’s sand.
A
new satellite image of the Empty Quarter region in the ArabianPeninsula
that shows a huge lake and a group of rivers buried beneath layers of
sand thousands of years ago. Astronomers at NASA are attempting to
predict the future of this region and scientific studies confirm that it
will return to being rivers and meadows within the coming years.
There’s
a great hadith, saying, for Prophet Mohammad, PBUH, which constitutes a
prophetic miracle in which he asserts that the Arabian Peninsula was
rich in rivers and meadows; Prophet Mohammad, PBUH, said: “the Day of Judgment won’t take place until the land of the Arabs returns to being pastures and rivers.”narrated
by Imam Muslim.Scientific research says that climate cycle moves form
one region to another and after a certain period of time, it will rain
heavily in the Empty Quarter region which will make the rivers to be
formed and the plants to grow just as they were five thousand years ago.
3-Scientists
say that one of the key events that had a negative impact on ancient
Egypt was the drought which struckEgypt 4,200 years ago and caused
famines and played a role in the demise of the Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
The waves of drought started to prevail in ancient Egypt continuously
until they exhausted people. The beginning of such waves might have been
almost 4,200 years ago.
Here,
we recall the story of Prophet Joseph, PBUH, as it's told in the holy
Qur'an and the famine he predicted when he interpreted the king’s dream;
Allah, the exalted says in the holy Qur’an:
"Then
will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years), which will devour
what ye shall have laid by in advance for them,— (all) except a little
which ye shall have (specially) guarded.”Yusuf or Joseph: 12: 48
The
question that needs be answered is how did Prophet Mohammad, PBUH, know
about this famine which took place thousands of years ago and talked
about it if he weren’t the messenger of Allah.
Professor
Benjamin P. Horton carried out a geological survey in the pyramids
region as well as Sphinx and found that the dessert in which such
ancient monuments are found was one day full of life and rich in rivers,
forests, plants, and various kinds of fruits. All Glory to Allah who
told us about this scientific fact in the holy Quran in the verses that
talk about the downfall of the Pharaoh, Allah says:
“How many were the gardens and springs they left behind, * And corn-fields and noble buildings,”Dukhan: 44:25-26
The above verse talks about plants, rivers, and fruits, but who could have told Prophet Mohammad, PBUH, of all this?
Finally, let’s wonder
How
did Prophet Mohammad, PBUH, know that the Pharaoh lived in a non-desert
environment although the environment in which Prophet Mohammad, PBUH,
lived was a desert in the Arabian Peninsula and even the environment of
the pyramids was also a desert at the time of Qur’anic revelations? How
did he know that this region was rich in rivers?
In
fact, these verses prove the Qur’anic inimitability at this time and in
today's world and constitutes a scientific response to all those who
claim that the holy Qur’an is a book of legends. This also raises the
question of why did Prophet Mohammad, PBUH,discuss such intricate
scientific issues while he didn't really need to do so. This means one
thing which is that the holy Qur'an is the word of Allah in which He
revealed these facts to serve as a practical evidence of the
truthfulness of the message of Islam.
Written by: Abdel DayemKheel
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By: Abduldaem Al-Kaheel
References:
1- EcoAlert: Satellite
Images Reveal an Ancient Network of Rivers in Arabian Desert,
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/05/ecoalert-satellite-images-reveal-an-ancient-network-of-rivers-in-arabian-desert-.html
2- Climate change wiped out
one of the world's first, great civilisations more than 4,000 years ago,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2151143/Climate-change-wiped-worlds-great-civilisations-4-000-years-ago.html
3-
Death on the Nile: Researchers believe climate change brought 'mega
drought' that ended an Egyptian kingdom 4,200 years ago,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2189802/Egyptian-kingdom-died-4-200-years-ago-following-mega-drought-caused-climate-change.html
4- Bernhardt, Christopher
E.; Horton, Benjamin P.; Stanley, Jean-Daniel , Nile Delta vegetation
response to Holocene climate variability, Geology -40 – 2012.
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