FORMATION OF THE MOUNTAINS

 (FORMATION OF THE MOUNTAINS)

As was explained earlier, when the earth started to spin and to move, the earth’s crust went under severe stresses due to the formed shear and compression forces. The concentration of these stresses varied from one location to another, according to the local conditions. The generated forces pushed parts of the earth’s crust upwards thus forming the mountains. As the surface material is pushed upwards, the lower layers are compressed more to form the mountains’ rigid foundations, Figure (3-4). The composition, the density, and the solidity of the earth’s crust vary from one location to

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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للقوم الظلمين-44

Cited Verse #(3-23)
In The Name of ALLAH, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Then the word went forth, “O earth !, swallow up thy water, and O heaven !, withhold thy rain”, and the water abated and the matter was ended, and it (The Ark) rested on the Judei (Mount Judei), and the word went forth, “Away with the unjust people”.
(part 12, Surat Hood “The Prophet Hood”)



Figure (3-4) Bulging of the earth and formation of the mountains
another. The stresses then propagated in different directions and the mountains were formed accordingly. This phenomenon of mountains’ formation is described in cited verses #(3-24). In these verses ALLAH (SWT) is Exhibiting some of His creation. In such exhibition He Says, “And at the mountains, how they are set up.”. The Arabic word in the verse translated to “set up”, is used as in “setting up a tent”. This means that the mountains did not exist before this event occurred. Moreover, the word set up (as in setting up a tent) indicates that the mountains were formed gradually, from the ground up [marine mountains are formed in a different manner ]. Therefore, the following may be concluded :-

THE MOUNTAINS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EARTH’S CRUST. THEY WERE FORMED AS A RESULT OF THE SPINNING MOTION OF THE EARTH. THE MOUNTAINS DID NOT EXIST BEFORE THE EARTH STARTED TO SPIN. THEY WERE FORMED FROM THE GROUND UP, DUE TO THE STRESSES GENERATED IN THE EARTH’S CRUST AS A RESULT OF ITS SPINNING MOTION.