![]() In fact, this occurs to such an extent that black basalt and lava can be found in the Mountains of Galilee in Israel, in part of the high plateaus in Jordan, the Gulf of Aqaba and other areas.Īll these remains and geographical features show that there was a major geological event at the Dead Sea. There is major volcanic activity in those areas through which the line passes. It begins at the slopes of the Toros Mountains and runs southward past the southern shores of the Dead Sea, through the Arabian Desert, reaching the Gulf of Aqaba, from where it crosses the Red Sea before coming to an end in Africa. This interesting structure of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea comprise only part of the crack or fissure which passes through this region. This, and the fact that the Dead Sea is 400 metres below sea level, combined to prove that that there once took place a major geological event in and around this area. The Jordan River drops a total of 180 metres during its 190 km course. These have shown that the earthquake which wiped out the people of Lut came about as the result of a very long fault line. The technical aspect of the disaster suffered by the people of Lut has been revealed in studies carried out by geologists. In any event Lake Lut, otherwise known as the Dead Sea, lies directly above a seismically active region-in other words, an earthquake belt: These layers of lava and basalt are the most important evidence showing that a volcanic eruption and earthquake once took place there. In the upper valley of the Jordan near Bashan there are still towering craters of extinct volcanoes great stretches of lava and deep layers of basalt have been deposited on the limestone surface. Their destruction came about through a great earthquake which was probably accompanied by explosions, lightning, issue of natural gas and general conflagration… The subsidence released volcanic forces that had been lying dormant deep down along the whole length of the fracture. Together with the base of this mighty fissure, which runs precisely through this area, the Vale of Siddim, including Sodom and Gomorrah, plunged one day into the abyss. ![]() The German archaeologist Werner Keller says this about the region: Indeed, there is clear evidence in the Qur’an that the method of destruction was earthquake and volcanic eruptions. Sulphur is an element which appears as a result of volcanic eruptions. For this reason, no life in the form of animals or plants is to be found there and the region stands as a symbol of destruction. According to scientists, the area is covered in large deposits of sulphur. Archaeological excavations have revealed that the city lay close to the Dead Sea on the present-day Israeli-Jordanian border. It appears that this people, who lived to the north of the Red Sea, was destroyed in a manner compatible with the description in the Qur’an. ![]() This city, in which the Prophet Lut (as) lived and which was later destroyed, is called “Sodom” in the Old Testament. “We will bring down on the inhabitants of this city a devastating punishment from heaven because of their deviance.” We have left a Clear Sign of them behind for people who use their intellect. See the final fate of the evildoers! (Qur’an, 7:84) ![]() You are indeed a depraved people.” (Qur’an, 7:80-81) ![]() The site of this punishment is now the Dead Sea, standing as a symbol of destruction.Īnd Lut, when he said to his people, “Do you commit an obscenity not perpetrated before you by anyone in all the worlds? You come with lust to men instead of women. As a result of this, the tribe was destroyed in a terrible disaster by Allah. According to the Qur’an, the punishment was to “turn the cities upside down, and rain down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread layer on layer, marked from your Lord” (Qur’an 11:82-83). They denied that he was a Prophet and continued with their horrid lifestyle. When the Prophet Lut (as) told the people to abandon one of the greatest sins and delivered to them the message of Allah, they rejected him. God’s severely punished the people of this region for their wickedness. ![]()
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