1. THE SKY MADE A DOME & THE RETURNING SKY BASED ON THE WORKS OF HARUN YAHYA WWW.HARUNYAHAY.COM and others PREPARED BY fereidoun.dejahang@ntlworld.com Dr F.Dejahang, BSc CEng, BSc (Hons) Construction Mgmt, MSc, MCIOB,.MCMI, PhDWWW.HARUNYAHAY.COMfereidoun.dejahang@ntlworld.com The Holy Qur'an

2. Qur'an is the Word of Allah

3. THE SKY MADE A DOME It is He Who made the earth a couch for you, and the sky a dome. He sends down water from the sky and by it brings forth fruits for your provision. Do not, then, knowingly make others equal to Allah. (Qur'an, 2:22)

4. Surat Al-Baqarah (The Cow) - سورة البقرة 2:22

5. Surat Al-Baqarah (The Cow) - سورة البقرة Sahih International [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. Dr. Ghali Who has made the earth for you (as) a bedding, and the heaven an edifice, (Literally: a building) and has sent down out of the heaven water so He has brought out with it (all kinds of) products as provision for you. So do not set up compeers to Allah and you know (He has no compeers). Farsi آن کس که زمین را بستر شما، و آسمان [= جو زمین‌ ] را همچون سقفی بالای سر شما قرار داد؛ و از آسمان آبی فرو فرستاد؛ و به وسیله آن، میوه‌ها را پرورش داد؛ تا روزی شما باشد. بنابر این، برای خدا همتایانی قرار ندهید، در حالی که می‌دانید ( هیچ یک از آنها، نه شما را آفریده‌اند، و نه شما را روزی می‌دهند ). 2:22

6. THE SKY MADE A DOME The short lines in the photograph to the side are traces belonging to stars; The Geminid meteor shower is observed at its highest intensity in the second week of December each year.

7. THE SKY MADE A DOME

8. The meteors in the shower seen in the picture fall at a density of up to 58 per hour. Here, the Arabic word for the sky is "assamaa binaan." As well as the meaning of "dome" or "ceiling," this also describes a kind of tent-like covering used by the Bedouin.2222

9. THE SKY MADE A DOME Even if we are generally unaware of it, a large number of meteors fall to the Earth, as they do the other planets. What is being emphasised here, through mention of a tent-like structure, is a form of protection against external elements.

10. THE SKY MADE A DOME The reason why these make enormous craters on other planets but do no harm on Earth is that the atmosphere puts up considerable resistance to a falling meteor.

11. THE SKY MADE A DOME The meteor is unable to withstand this for long and loses much of its mass from combustion due to friction.

12. THE SKY MADE A DOME This danger, which might otherwise cause terrible disasters, is thus prevented thanks to the atmosphere.

13. THE SKY MADE A DOME As well as the verses regarding the protective properties of the atmosphere cited above, attention is also drawn to the special creation in the following verse:

14. (Qur'an, 22:65) Do you not see that Allah has made everything on the earth subservient to you and the ships running upon the sea by His command? He holds back the heaven, preventing it from falling to the earth-except by His permission. Allah is All-Compassionate to mankind, Most Merciful. (Qur'an, 22:65)

15. Surat Al-Ĥaj (The Pilgrimage) - سورة الحج 22:65

16. Surat Al-Ĥaj (The Pilgrimage) - سورة الحج Sahih International Do you not see that Allah has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed Allah, to the people, is Kind and Merciful. Dr. Ghali Have you not seen that Allah has subjected to you whatever is in the earth and the ships to run upon the sea (Literally: in the sea) at His Command, and He holds back the heaven so that it should not fall down upon the earth except by His permission? Surely Allah is indeed to mankind Ever-Compassionate, Ever-Merciful. Farsi آیا ندیدی که خداوند آنچه را در زمین است مسخّر شما کرد؛ و ( نیز ) کشتیهایی را که به فرمان او بر صفحه اقیانوسها حرکت می‌کنند؛ و آسمان [= کرات و سنگهای آسمانی‌ ] را نگه می‌دارد، تا جز بفرمان او، بر زمین فرو نیفتند؟ خداوند نسبت به مردم رحیم و مهربان است !

17. (Qur'an, 22:65) The protective property of the atmosphere we discussed in the preceding section protects the Earth from space-in other words, from external elements. With the word "dome," referring to the sky in the above verse, attention is drawn to this aspect of the sky, which could not possibly have been known at the time of our Prophet (saas).

18. (Qur'an, 22:65) The fact that this information was imparted 1,400 years ago in the Qur'an, when there were no spacecraft or giant telescopes, shows that the Qur'an is the revelation of our Lord, the Omniscient.

19. 22. “The Quran and Modern Physics,” http://webhome.idire ct.com/~alila/Writings /Physics.htm

20. The verse 11 of Surat at-Tariq in the Qur'an, refers to the "returning" function of the sky.

21. (Qur'an, 86:11) [I swear] by Heaven which returns. (Qur'an, 86:11)

22. Surat Aţ-Ţāriq (The Nightcommer) - سورة الطارق 86:11

23. Surat Aţ-Ţāriq (The Nightcommer) - سورة الطارق Sahih International By the sky which returns [rain] Dr. Ghali By the heaven comprising the returning (rain) (Or: the rotating rain), Farsi سوگند به آسمان پرباران، 86:11

24. (Qur'an, 86:11) As is known, the atmosphere surrounding the Earth consists of many layers. The word " rajaai " interpreted as "return" in Qur'an translations has meanings of "sending back" or "returning."

25. (Qur'an, 86:11) Each layer serves an important purpose for the benefit of life on Earth.

26. (Qur'an, 86:11) Research has revealed that these layers have the function of turning the materials or rays they are exposed to back into space or back down to the Earth.

27. (Qur'an, 86:11) Now let us examine, employing a few fitting examples, this "returning" function of the layers encircling the Earth.

28. (Qur'an, 86:11) One of the factors acting in the formation of water is the Troposphere, one of the layers of the atmosphere. The presence of water is essential for life on Earth.

30. (Qur'an, 86:11) The troposphere layer enables water vapour rising from the surface of the Earth to be condensed from whence it returns to the Earth in the form of rain.

33. (Qur'an, 86:11)

34. The atmosphere layer that blocks the rays that might be fatal to life on Earth is the Ozonosphere.

35. (Qur'an, 86:11) The Ozonosphere turns harmful cosmic rays like ultraviolet back to space, hence preventing them from reaching the Earth and harming life.

36. (Qur'an, 86:11)

37. Each layer of the atmosphere has beneficial attributes for human beings.

38. For example, the Ionosphere layer, one of the upper layers of the atmosphere, reflects radio waves broadcast from a certain centre back down to the Earth, thus enabling broadcasts to be received from long distances.

39. (Qur'an, 86:11)

40. The aurora borealis seen high in the Earth’s ionosphere (NASA) Ionosphere / Atmosphere

42. NASA Time Animation of Ionosphere For Google Earth

43. (Qur'an, 86:11) The troposphere, 13 to 15 kilometres above the Earth, enables water vapour rising from the surface of the Earth to be condensed and turned back as rain. The ozone layer, the lower layer of stratosphere at an altitude of 25 kilometres, reflects harmful radiation and ultraviolet light coming from space and turns both back into space.

44. (Qur'an, 86:11) The ionosphere reflects radio waves broadcast from the Earth back down to different parts of the world just like a passive communications satellite.

45. (Qur'an, 86:11) Thus, it makes wireless communication, radio, and television broadcasting possible over long distances.

46. (Qur'an, 86:11) The magnetosphere layer turns the harmful radioactive particles emitted by the Sun and other stars back into space before they reach the Earth.

47. The fact that this property of the atmosphere's layers, that was only demonstrated in the recent past was announced centuries ago in the Qur'an, once again proves that the Qur'an is Allah's Word.