Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Tower of burnt bricks in Egypt?

Tower of burnt bricks in Egypt?

28:38 And Pharaoh said, "O chiefs, I do not know of a god for you other than me. So kindle (fa-awqid) upon the clay for me, O Haman, and make for me a lofty tower so that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I think he is of the liars."

(This Verse is mentioned by some non-Muslims, as a mistake, but there is no mistake in the Qur’an)(It is said or known that during the time of Moses, the primary building material for most structures in Egypt was unburnt, sun-dried mud bricks. While there might have been isolated instances of fired bricks used for specific, high-durability purposes (like some paving tiles or tomb linings), it was not a widespread construction practice for everyday buildings, palaces, or even most larger structures. And the use of burnt bricks became more common in Egypt much later, particularly during the Roman period. Therefore, at the time of Moses, the bricks being made were almost exclusively sun-dried mud bricks, not burnt bricks)(An answer to this is that Verse 28:38 uses the word “awqid” (kindle), its root is “Waw-Qaf-Dal”, which is interpreted as “to set fire, kindle, light fire, fuel”, but it also implies “to heat”, so the Qur’an is in accordance with science, because the clay bricks were heat by the sun in Egypt, at the time of Moses. Notice that Verse 28:38 uses the same word than Verse 13:17, and this Verse makes it clear that kindle/heat (Waw-Qaf-Dal) does not imply “set on fire” in itself, unless you specify that it was on fire. Verse 13:17 says, “they heat (yuqiduna) in the fire (l-nari)”. In other words, in Arabic language, by only saying “yuqiduna”, it does/might not imply that it was “in the fire”, unless you specify it (“they heat in the fire” (13:17))(Allah knows best)

13:17 He sends down water from the sky and the valleys flow[s] according to their measure, and the torrent carries a rising foam. And from what/(that which) they heat (yuqiduna) [on it] in the fire (l-nari), in order to make ornaments or utensils, (is) a foam like it. Thus Allah sets forth the truth and the falsehood. Then as for the foam it passes away (as) scum, and as for what/(that which) benefits the mankind, remains in/(on) the earth. Thus Allah sets forth the examples.

(Another source says that Ramses II is one of the candidates for the Pharaoh of the Exodus. Quoting the book “Ages in chaos II: Ramses II and his time”, by Immanuel Velikovsky: “Flinders Petrie, the excavator of Tahpanheth-Daphnae, was impressed by reddish kiln-baked bricks found at Tell Defenneh and in the neighboring village of Nebesheh. The building materials of Egypt had always been stone and mud bricks. The mud bricks were dried in the sun, a practice employed even today in Egypt. Therefore kiln-baked bricks used a these two sites were very unusual in Petrie’s eyes. In the temple at Nebesheh, Petrie also found a statue bearing the cartouches of Ramses II… . The employment of red brick in this tomb, and in the next, which is also Ramesside, is of great importance. Hitherto I had never seen any red brick in Egypt of earlier times than the Constantine period… Now we see from these cases that baked brick was introduced in the Ramesside times in the Delta. Also in Tahpanheth (Daphnae) the archaeologist unearthed the foundations of a structure built of kiln-baked bricks… . It is essential to note this fact: that baked bricks were not discovered in Egypt of an age earlier than the time of the Ramessides, or of an age following that of the Ramessides…)(Allah knows best)

An alternative answer:

http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Contrad/External/burntbrick.html

See also: Is the Qur'an scientifically correct? (5) (History)

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/09/response-to-jay-smith-can-god-have-son.html

See also: Is the Qur'an scientifically correct? (0) (Index)

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2017/04/is-quran-scientifically-correct-2.html

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