Iron Sent Down from the Heavens
الحديد أُنزل من السماء
Verse reference
وَأَنزَلْنَا الْحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأْسٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِالحديد 25
Interpretive reading
This Quranic verse is sometimes read as indicating that iron does not originate on Earth but is produced in exploding stars (supernovae); this interpretive reading is discussed in light of findings from modern nuclear physics.
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Related readings
The Lowest Point on Earth (Defeat of the Romans)
غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ * فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ
The Battle of Adhri'at near the Dead Sea — which is indeed the lowest point on the Earth’s surface (about −430 m). The word “adna” combines the senses of both “lower” and “nearer.”
أدنى نقطة في الأرض (هزيمة الروم)The Desert Was Once Green
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
The Quranic context describes Paradise as meadows and rivers. Geological studies suggest the Arabian Peninsula was green thousands of years ago, and this is sometimes read as resonant with that Quranic description.
الصحراء كانت خضراء