wa alaykum al salaam brother
this is what you can tell your friend the non-believer:
if science was advanced enough we would be able to confirm that hollow earth does not exist or that hollow earth exists. problem is, we know more about the surface of planet pluto than we know about what lies inside our oceans, let alone what lies inside the earth.
figure this:
Q: How much do we actually know about the ocean
A: We don't know much about oceans. 99 pct of all living space on Earth is in the ocean & less than 10 pct of that has been explored.
http://www.chacha.com/question/how-much ... -the-ocean
the deepest point in the ocean is Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Western Pacific Ocean: 35,840 feet (10924 m) thats close to 11 KM
according to hollow earth theory the crust of the earth is 900 miles (1,350 KM thick) and the diameter of earth (non circumference) is:
Earth's Diameter at the Poles: 7,899.80 miles (12,713.5 km)
Earth's Diameter at the Equator: 7,926.28 miles (12,756.1 km)
now lets compare1,350 Km (crust of earth according to hollow earth theory) with 11 KM (mariana trench deepest point on earth)
and we know merely 10% of all what lies in the ocean where the deepest point is 11KM...how can scientists claim they KNOW the earth IS or IS NOT HOLLOW?
do you get my point. i m not taking sides, just wondering how scientists insist that they "know"....
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on the other hand, the Imam explains to us how the koran clearly speaks of something beneath the earth:
-this one is about Allah's challenge to human and Jin alike:
يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ
O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall ye be able to pass!
-this is about a possible existence of something beneath the earth:
لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ الثَّرَىٰ
To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on earth, and all between them, and all beneath the soil.
-so which Garden is this ayah speaking of? the one we will go to when we die? or another physical garden on earth..or shall i say..."IN" earth
وَيَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as ye wish: but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression."
-but were they alone in that garden? or was there someone else in there?
فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ لِيُبْدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُورِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِن سَوْآتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَاكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَـٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّا أَن تَكُونَا
مَلَكَيْنِ أَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ الْخَالِدِينَ
Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, bringing openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should become angels or such beings as live for ever."
-then what happened after they came closer to the tree? did they stay IN that garden or were they Expelled?
قَالَ اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ
قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ
((Allah)) said: "Get ye down. With enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a time."
He said: "Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die; but from it shall ye be taken out (at last)."
but what about Satan, did he go out as well? was he also expelled from that Garden?
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised." -
-and was his wish granted?
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ
((Allah)) said: "Respite is granted thee
Till the Day of the Time appointed."
-so what is Satan doing in there?
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong, - "Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)." -
-and what did Allah say then?:
قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ
(Allah)) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me. - "For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."
-so how can Satan communicate with us from there? how does he tempt us?
يَا بَنِي آدَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْآتِهِمَا ۗ إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
O ye Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner as He got your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a position where ye cannot see them: We made the evil ones friends (only) to those without faith.
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and if we try to use our logical minds we will realize that it makes more sense that the earth and all planets are hollow not solid. think of a football, is it hollow or solid? a light bulb, is it hollow or solid? think of the smallest particle in the world, an atom, is it hollow or solid? then why would the earth be solid inside? it makes more sense that it is hollow....
you can explain to your friend how the scientists do not know and can not proof anything yet, and you can also inform him that the koran is the only archeologically uncorrupted book from Allah and that it contains everything in details and that it must be used as an encyclopedia to validate or invalidate any other books (even scientific books)
for example, the imam explains how the koran clearly speaks of the moon tobe used to calculate the months and years and the sun to be used to calculate the hours, so it means the world is wrong in using the sun to calculate the months and years......
our only role is to inform others, their choice is not our responsibility
فَإِنْ حَاجُّوكَ فَقُلْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّهِ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِ ۗ وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْأُمِّيِّينَ أَأَسْلَمْتُمْ ۚ فَإِنْ أَسْلَمُوا فَقَدِ اهْتَدَوا ۖ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ
So if they dispute with thee, say: "I have submitted My whole self to Allah and so have those who follow me." And say to the People of the Book and to those who are unlearned: "Do ye (also) submit yourselves?" If they do, they are in right guidance, but if they turn back, Thy duty is to convey the Message; and in Allah.s sight are (all) His servants.
wal salaam alaykum
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