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THE HOLY QUR’AN
THE TSUNAMI EFFECT IN THE PROPHET MOSES (PBUH)'S &
PARTING OF THE SEA
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PREPARED BY [email protected] F.Dejahang, BSc CEng, BSc (Hons) Construction Mgmt, MSc, MCIOB, .MCMI, PhD
The HolyQur'an is theWord of Allah
Surat Ash-Shu'ara‘-63
So We revealed to Moses, 'Strike the
sea with your staff.' And it split in two,
each part like a towering cliff.
(Surat Ash-Shu'ara‘- 63)
THE TSUNAMI EFFECTThe Egyptian monarchs known as
the pharaohs regarded
themselves as divine in the polytheistic, superstitious
religion of ancient Egypt.
Allah sent the Prophet Moses (pbuh) as an
envoy to the people of Egypt at a time when they preferred their own superstitious
beliefs to the true faith and when they had
enslaved the Israelites.
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Despite the Prophet Moses (pbuh)'s
invitation to the true faith, the ancient
Egyptians and Pharaoh and his court in
particular, refused to abandon their pagan
beliefs.
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The Prophet Moses (pbuh) told Pharaoh and his court the
things they ought to avoid and warned them of the wrath
of Allah. But they rebelled and falsely accused the
Prophet Moses (pbuh) of madness, sorcery and
mendacity.
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Although various tribulations were inflicted on Pharaoh and his people, they still did not submit to Allah; they refused to accept Allah as the one and only God. They even held the Prophet Moses (pbuh) responsible for what had
befallen them and sought to exile him from Egypt. At this, Allah told
the Prophet Moses (pbuh) and those with him to leave where they were:
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(Surat Ash-Shu'ara', 52-60)We revealed to Moses: 'Travel with
Our slaves by night. You will certainly be pursued.' Pharaoh sent
marshals into the cities: 'These people are a small group and we find them irritating and we constitute a vigilant majority.' We expelled them
from gardens and springs, from treasures and a splendid situation.
So it was! And We bequeathed them to the tribe of Israel. So they
pursued them towards the east. (Surat Ash-Shu'ara', 52-60)
(Surat Ash-Shu'ara', 52-60)
As revealed in the Qur'an, when the two peoples came together at the end of this chase, Allah
rescued the Prophet Moses (pbuh) and the believers with him
by parting the sea, while destroying Pharaoh and his
people. Allah's assistance to the believers is revealed as follows in
the Qur'an:
(Surat Ash-Shu'ara', 63-68)
So We revealed to Moses, 'Strike the sea with your staff.' And it split
in two, each part like a towering cliff. And We brought the others right up to it. We rescued Moses and all those who were with him.
Then We drowned the rest. There is certainly a Sign in that yet most of them are not believers. Truly your
Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful. (Surat Ash-Shu'ara', 63-
68)
(Surat Ash-Shu'ara', 63-68)
The Arabic word "idrib," translated as "strike" in verse 63 of Surat ash-Shuara, also means "to open, divide or
separate." In the light of this expression and what happened subsequently, the verse may be a reference to the formation of tsunami waves. (Allah knows
best.)
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Since tsunami waves cause large amounts of water to shift and thus
give way to the emergence of earth on
shallow grounds.
In the time of the Prophet Moses (pbuh), as with the tsunami waves the waters might have pulled back some hundreds of meters and this might have caused the parting of the sea. (Allah knows best.)
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THE TSUNAMI EFFECTIn addition, the waters
are compared to mountains in
the above verse.
The waters collected in a tsunami
form a giant peak1
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and resemble a mountain seen from below.
As with mountains, the base of the tsunami is very
broad and strong.
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In tsunamis, the depth of the water declines while the mass of the
wave expands and rises in height.
Tsunamis may be up to 30m
high.2
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It is therefore very significant how the waters are likened
to a mountain.
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Tsunamis are very different to the waves
we are familiar with, and are a movement of the entire depth of water. This is not
generally restricted to the surface,
and may stretch for
several kilometers.
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They thus possess high levels of energy and move very fast.3
Scientific statements
say this about
tsunamis:
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•In fact the tsunami crest is just the very tip of a vast mass of water in motion•Wind-driven waves and swells are confined to a shallow layer near the ocean surface, a tsunami extends thousands of feet deep into the ocean•Survivors of tsunami attacks describe them as dark "walls" of water.•Impelled by the mass of water behind them, the waves bulldoze onto the shore and inundate the coast
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The contours of the seafloor and coastline have a profound influence on the
height of the waves -- sometimes with surprising
and dangerous results.
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During the 1993 tsunami attack on Okushiri, Japan, the wave "run up" on the coast averaged about 15
to 20 meters (50 - 65 feet).
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But in one particular spot, the waves pushed into a V-shaped valley open to the sea, concentrating
the water in a tighter and tighter space.
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In the end, the water ran up to 32 meters (90 feet) above sea level, about the height of an
8-story office building. 4
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The way the waters parted when the Prophet Moses (pbuh) and
his companions needed to cross and how they closed again over
the heads of Pharaoh and his army are clear instances of the
way Allah assists believers.
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And when the two hosts came into sight of one another
Moses's companions said, 'We will surely be overtaken!' He said, 'Never! My Lord is with
me and He will guide me.' (Surat Ash-Shu'ara', 61-62)
The force applied to the sea floor causes mountainous waves to form by causing the water to rise up vertically.
Tsunami Formation:
Stage 1—Beginning: If the tsunami acts like an earthquake, the sea floor is moved up or down. As a result the mass of water moves up or down.
Separation Stage 2 —Separation: Within a few minutes,
the tsunami that starts to form divides in two, one part moving toward the depths of the ocean, the other reaching the coast.
ElevationStage 3—Elevation: The tsunami
wave reaching the shore rises up like a huge wave when it reaches the land.
Wave impactStage 4- Wave impact: The
leading wave becomes pointed and appears to rise even higher. The first part of the wave to hit the land is convex in shape, which is why the water initially seems to be pulling away from the land.