An Invitation to Peace

An Invitation to Peace
Mountains as Pegs
“And have We not made the Earth as a bed, and the mountains
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pegs?”
Professor Emeritus Frank Press, co-author of the book Earth, a basic
reference textbook on Geology in many universities around the world,
says in his book that mountains have underlying roots. These roots are
deeply embedded in the ground, thus, mountains have a shape like a
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Modern earth sciences have proven that mountains have deep roots
under the surface of the ground and that these roots reach as much as
10-15 times their elevations above the surface of the ground. Mt.
Everest, for example, has a peak of 9 km but extends underground
more than 125 km. So the most suitable word to describe mountains
on the basis of this information is the word ‘peg,’ since most of a
properly set peg is hidden under the surface of the ground. The fact of
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Qur’an 78: 6-7
Press and Siever, Earth, p. 435. Also see Earth Science, Tarbuck and Lutgens, p. 157
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