“And We also sent down iron in which there lies great force and which has many uses for mankind…” (Quran 57:25)
according to most Islamic scholars this verse references that Allah told mankind about Iron that came from meteors. now most people believe that before the revelation of Quran the world did not know that iron came from meteors and were actually using iron that is in the ground. now the difference between earth iron and meteorite iron is that meteorite iron has high nickel count.
The earliest known example of the use of metallic iron in Egypt dates to approximately 3400BC, this corresponds to the pre-historic time before Egypt became a single state ruled by a pharaoh. Found within a grave in the Gerzeh cemetery, situated 70km south of modern Cairo, were the remains of a man, along with valuable grave goods - an ivory pot, a stone palette and a copper harpoon - and strung across his neck and waist were beads made from precious materials including gold, carnelian and iron.
Soon after their excavation in 1911, scientific analysis revealed the beads to be nickel rich; as all meteorite iron is nickel rich this indicated a meteorite origin
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/scien...he-sky-meteors-meteorites-and-ancient-culture
so does this mean that mankind knew about iron falling from the skies thousand of years before the Quran? yes, it does. now the fanatics are going to tell me that the verse in question is saying that there are other uses of iron being talked about, but it is clearly written that Allah gave the knowledge of iron for waging war, i.e, making weapons. so in the 7th century AD, any person walking on the street could have told you that iron does come from the sky and can be smelted.
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according to most Islamic scholars this verse references that Allah told mankind about Iron that came from meteors. now most people believe that before the revelation of Quran the world did not know that iron came from meteors and were actually using iron that is in the ground. now the difference between earth iron and meteorite iron is that meteorite iron has high nickel count.
The earliest known example of the use of metallic iron in Egypt dates to approximately 3400BC, this corresponds to the pre-historic time before Egypt became a single state ruled by a pharaoh. Found within a grave in the Gerzeh cemetery, situated 70km south of modern Cairo, were the remains of a man, along with valuable grave goods - an ivory pot, a stone palette and a copper harpoon - and strung across his neck and waist were beads made from precious materials including gold, carnelian and iron.
Soon after their excavation in 1911, scientific analysis revealed the beads to be nickel rich; as all meteorite iron is nickel rich this indicated a meteorite origin
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/scien...he-sky-meteors-meteorites-and-ancient-culture
so does this mean that mankind knew about iron falling from the skies thousand of years before the Quran? yes, it does. now the fanatics are going to tell me that the verse in question is saying that there are other uses of iron being talked about, but it is clearly written that Allah gave the knowledge of iron for waging war, i.e, making weapons. so in the 7th century AD, any person walking on the street could have told you that iron does come from the sky and can be smelted.
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