| It is nice and strange phenomenon, as the sea foam may form a huge amount of scum which extends to tens of kilometers; let us see these photos …. |
This is a photo of the sea foam which is a complicated phenomenon and it happens in all seas due to the strong mixing of Impurities, organic materials, salts, dead plants and rotting fish in the sea…. Which form light foam but it extends to about fifty kilometer.
The scientists explain this phenomenon like putting milk in the mixer to form foam. But it disappears in the air, and whenever the movement of the waves became heavier the amount of the foam became larger.
Here are some scientific facts about the foam:
Foam forms only during the fast movement of water which caused by a hurricane or strong floods. It forms on the top surface of the water.
Weight of the foam is very light so it evaporates like vapor.
A small amount of water forms a large amount of foam, which means the foam has no weight or value.
The Qur’an told us about this phenomenon in a great verse, God says: (He sends down water (rain) from the sky, and the valleys flow according to their measure, but the flood bears away the foam that mounts up to the surface – and (also) from that (ore) which they heat in the fire in order to make ornaments or utensils, rises a foam like unto it, thus does Allah (by parables) show forth truth and falsehood. Then, as for the foam it passes away as scum upon the banks, while that which is for the good of mankind remains in the earth. Thus Allah sets forth parables (for the truth and falsehood, i.e. Belief and disbelief).)(Sûrat Ar-Ra‘d- verse 17).if we study this verse we can find that it is compatible with the scientific facts:
The verse describes the way of forming the foam by the flooding of water through valleys in a strong and fast movement so God says:(and the valleys flow according to their measure, but the flood bears away the foam that mounts up to the surface), look at the word (mounts up) which describes the real action when the foam mounts up on the surface of the water.
The verse talks about a known Physical law which is law of density where we find the heavier material goes down and the lighter material goes up, this operation can be accelerated by heating as we see in steel factories when they start to heat the steel to high temperatures so that impurities moves up to form the foam which is discharged through special holes. Then the pure iron is gathered in the bottom. This characteristic applies to all materials in the nature.
The Qur’an referred to this operation in (and (also) from that (ore) which they heat in the fire in order to make ornaments or utensils, rises a foam like unto it) if we study forming of foam in seas and forming of it in steel factories we will find that the same physical operations happen in both of them. That precise description couldn’t be mentioned by illiterate man who got no knowledge about seas or manufacturing of steel.
God says:(Then, as for the foam it passes away as scum upon the banks), the scientists say that the foam goes away by a little air because it is just some bubbles or a little scum , so the koranic expression is true.
Sea and sins foam
Prophet Mohamed (peace be upon him) used a precise expression when he called the big sins as the foam. He said (who says: Glory and Praise be to Allah for one hundred times his / her sins will be erased even if they are like the sea foam) ,the prophet used the previous expression to tell us that our big sins can be easily erased like the sea foam by just repeating the name of Allah!
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By: Abduldaem Al-Kaheel
References:
- http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_03/FoamBeachII2_800x513.jpg
- http://taos-telecommunity.org/epow/EPOW-Archive/archive_2006/EPOW-061218.htm
