Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 634
UNVEILING OF THE ‘UNSEEN' BY THE QURAN – A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE gathered together in fact further advances the same idea of the invention of revolutionary means of transport. Of course all sorts of wild animals cannot be transported from place to place merely on the backs of camels. None can imagine elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, giraffes, crocodiles, blue whales and giant octopuses enjoying camel rides! Their transportation could only become possible by the modes of transport invented in our age. . The verse which follows is still on the subject of transport: وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُحِرَتْ * 81:7. And when the seas are made to flow forth one into the other. 29. The word Sujjirat (✓✓✗~) according to Lane can be translated into the following three concurrent meanings:. And when the seas shall be filled. 1. 2. 3. . And when the seas shall flow forth one into another. . And when the seas will be set on fire. . As for the first possible meaning the filling of the seas naturally creates the vision of the sea filled with plying vessels. Thus this verse too remains primarily occupied with the same discussion as in the preceding verses. This interpretation will be further corroborated when we return to this subject once again. . Presently we take up the second of the three possible meanings which speak of the joining of the seas. This prophecy is further elaborated in the following two verses of the Quran: 594 55:20-21 مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِينِ * بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَا ! i і i