THE ROLE OF WATER IN LIFE

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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 04)
THE SKY IS A FIRM CEILING AGAIN THE SIGNS OF GOD VERSE NO.30ِ33

      Some details of the role of water in our life, and in the life of all the creatures, seems to be needed in order to clear the matter more. The verse here (NO.30) implies that everything is made alive of water. With reference to some biological books, we got some quotations to put light upon the matter as follows:ِ

      Water (H2O) is the world's most abundant chemical compound. It is one of the few ingredients necessary to sustain life. Man uses water to drink, to prepare food and fruit, and to keep cool in summer and warm in winter. Water is essential to growth of all living things. It is the medium in which all plant and animal cells exist, and by means of which they function. Life on earth began in the water of the oceans. Water is vital to animal and plant life. It is also a major factor in weather.

      Ancient cities developed where water was available for farming, transportation and other uses. Modern industrial civilizations use water in enormous quantities for purposes ranging from washing dishes, to making steam in atomic power plants. In early times, men believed water to be an element along with air, fire, and earth. However in 1783, the French Chemist, ANTOINE LAVOISIER found water to be composed of oxygen and hydrogen. The melting and boiling points of water is; 0³C and 100³C respectively. The density of water is the usual standard for specific gravity, the specific gravity (SG) of water being taken as one (1).

From the Encyclopedia International

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE

      Then in the next verse (NO.31), the immediate reference is to the importance of mountains, and the role which they play in Man's life:ِ

      ``And We set on the earth, the firm mountains not to shake them, and set in it valleys to serve as ways that they may be guided.''

      Mountains are fixed in the earth, and have pierced down through it as a further source of safety to life against vibrations caused by winds or explosions. The mountains are also barriers to various invasions, and yet God has provided valleys and roads between them, to afford high ways in order to direct men in the way they should go.

SWIMMING IN THEIR ORBIT

      The next verse (NO.33) refers to the movements of the sun and the moon and other stars:ِ

      ``And He is who created the night and day, and the sun and the moon, each swimming in an orbit.''

      Like the other celestial bodies in the heavens, the sun seems to be constantly moving. Not only does it apparently rise and set each day, but it seems to be changing its position with respect to other stars. This apparent movement of the sun is because our earth is moving around the sun at a speed of about 18 miles a second. Its path around the sun is elliptical and it takes the earth about one year to complete its journey.

      Of course, the sun does have its own movements of spinning round itself as well as a simultaneous movement of the sun and its planets, (i.e. The whole solar system) around a polar star.

 

 

 

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