The Quranic Revelations on Marine Knowledge
by Agus S. Djamil [1] and Mifedwil Jandra [2]
Submitted for The 2nd World-ISLAM; World Congress on Islamic Systems 2012 (World-ISLAM2012).
FTI, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Skudai 81310. Malaysia
[1] Agus S Djamil, PhD candidate, Islamic Civilization, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Master of Science in Exploration and Development Geophysics from Stanford University, USA (1996), Sarjana Physics from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia (1988) Mobile: +673 888 4569; Email: agus.djamil@yahoo.com
[2] Mifedwil Jandra bin Moh Janan, PhD, Professor in Islamic Study, Islamic Civilization, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Total no of pages : 12
excerpts from the E-Book
The Fire within the Ocean: The Qur’an mention at verse Ath Thur 52:6 “And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire)” . Or another translation that say “And the sea that contain fire within”. Without reading into another sign of Allah SWT in the real ocean, this verse would be quite puzzling. This verse indicates that there are source of heat within the ocean. This is the magnificence reason for discovering energy resources within the deep of ocean, the dynamism of ocean, the physical/biological/chemical condition of the ocean. The science has been able to probe deep ocean and beneath, to collect data and reported that there are fire, immense heat, high energy and energy potential within the ocean
The Layers of the Ocean and the Darkness of the Ocean: The Qur’an also reveals, long before mankind can goes into the deeper water with submarine, that deep ocean is totally dark. Perfect darkness with layers of waves, one after another. Verse AnNuur24:40 reveals: “Or is like the darkness in a vast deep sea, overwhelmed with waves topped by waves, layers up darkness upon darkness; if a man stretches out his hand, he can hardly see it! And he for whom Allah has not appointed light, for him there is no light”. Ocean has physical layer characteristics like pressure, salinity, temperature, density, light intensity, chemical composition, and biological distribution. Vast volume of ocean water never have homogeneous in term of physical, chemical and biological characteristic.
