The Holy Quran Refers to the Atmosphere

Modern studies service crucial evidence that the

atmosphere along with Allen belt plays an important role
in preserving and sustaining life

; the atmosphere keeps the weather temperature around

its normal ranges. Just to think how great this blessing
is take the moon as an example; the temperature of one
side of the moon is over one hundred degree while the
other side is one hundred degree under zero. The
nearest planet to the sun suffers the same problem.
Most of the planets have no atmosphere or rather law
atmosphere density and as a result they are a target of
heavy meteors, destructive outburst of energy from the
sun and radiations emitted from the sun and other stars.

All the planets are pelted with meteors except the earth,
only very few number, usually very small, penetrate the
atmospheres which prevent the multitude from reaching
the earth.

However, if an object is big enough it can survive

passage through the atmosphere. The damage done by a
meteorite (an object that strikes the Earth) depends
upon its initial size. 10--100 m: Objects in this size range
can produce devastation similar to that of an atomic blast
(leading to them occasionally being called "city- busters").
Effects include severe damage to or collapse of standing
buildings and the ignition of flammable materials leading
to widespread fires. The radius over which such effects
occur would vary depending upon the size and composition
of the object, but could easily exceed 10 km. The
Tunguska event, in Siberia, of 1908 is thought to have
been from an object about 60 m in size; it led to trees
being flattened out to 20 km and trees 40 km away being
damaged. At the small end of this size range, objects
about 10 m strike the Earth about once a decade.
Fortunately, only the densest objects, those containing
iron, survive to the surface; most of the objects of this
size explode sufficiently high in the atmosphere that
there are no effects (other than maybe a loud noise) on
the ground. At the larger end of this size range, it is
estimated that the Earth is struck several times a
millennium or about 1 impact every 100--200 yr. 100 m--1
km: Objects in this size range are likely to cause severe
damage over a regional area, possibly as large as a
continent (hence the name "continent-busters"). If they
strike land, they will almost certainly produce a crater,
while an ocean impact will generate large tidal waves. A
150 m object might produce a crater 3 km in diameter, an
ejecta blanket 10 km in diameter, and a zone of
destruction extending much farther out. For a 1 km
impactor the zone of destruction might reasonably
extend to cover countries. The death toll could be in the
tens to hundreds of millions. A 1 km impactor could begin
to have minor global consequences, including global cooling
caused by vast amounts of dust in the atmosphere.
Estimates from the geologic record suggest that craters
are formed on the Earth roughly once every 5000 yr. 1--
10 km: Objects in this size range are likely to cause
severe global effects ("species-busters"). An impact 65
million years ago by an object of 5--10 km in diameter is
thought to have been partially or fully responsible for
the extinction of half the living species of animals and
plants at the time, including the dinosaurs. The crater
alone from such an impact will be 10--15 times larger than
the object itself. World-wide crop failures from dust
injected into the atmosphere could imperil civilization,
and the largest-sized objects could make the human
species extinct. The frequency with which the Earth is
struck by such objects has to be estimated from the
geological and paleontological record. At the low end of
this size range, estimates are that such impacts occur
roughly every 300 000 yr; at the upper end of the size
range, impacts occur about every 10 million years.

The atmosphere also prevents the fatal temperature of

the universe (approximated to be 270 under zero) from
reaching the earth.

It also prevents the fatal radiations emitted from the

sun and the stars which could lead to the destruction of
the living cell. Interestingly, the atmosphere lets only
harmless and useful rays- visible light, near ultraviolet
light, and radio waves pass through. All of this radiation
is vital for life. Near ultraviolet rays, which are only
partially let in by the atmosphere, are very important for
the photosynthesis of plants and for the survival of all
living beings

The energy released in a Sun burst is so powerful that

the human mind would hardly comprehend it: A single
burst is equivalent to 100 billion atomic bombs similar to
the one dropped on Hiroshima. The world is protected
from the destructive effects of this energy by the
atmosphere and the Van Allen Belts.

Dr. Hugh Ross has this to say on the importance of Van

Allen Belts to our lives:

In fact, the Earth has the highest density of any of the

planets in our Solar System. This large nickel-iron core is
responsible for our large magnetic field. This magnetic
field produces the Van-Allen radiation shield, which
protects the Earth from radiation bombardment. If this
shield were not present, life would not be possible on the
Earth. The only other rocky planet to have any magnetic
field is Mercury - but its field strength is 100 times less
than the Earth's. Even Venus, our sister planet, has no
magnetic field. The Van-Allen radiation shield is a design
unique to the Earth

The magnetosphere layer, formed by the magnetic field

of the Earth, serves as a shield protecting the earth
from celestial bodies, harmful cosmic rays and particles.
These belts at thousands of kilometres above the earth
protect the living things on the Earth from the fatal
energy that would otherwise reach it from space.

The Holy Quran more than one thousand and four

hundred year before scince could prove these startling
facts refers to this fact.

God says in the Holy Quran what means:

We made the sky a preserved and protected roof yet

still they turn away from Our Signs.."
(The Qur'an, 21:32)

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References:

1-The Holy Quran

2-
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/astronomy/faq/part5/section-
26.html

3-http://www.harunyahya.com/

4-http://greatestman.org/
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