Kisah ini turut tercatat di dalam Bible, namun ada beberapa perbezaan yang boleh mengelirukan sesiapa yang tidak punya pegangan Islam yang kukuh. Ok, Muslim dan Kristian percaya pada kisah yang hampir sama. Namun apa beza antara duanya?
Kristian kaji dan buktikan melalui fakta agar mereka dapat bentangkan pada dunia, ini adalah kebenaran dari kepercayaan mereka. Ini yang Muslim hilang sejak dari peristiwa segala buku di Darul Hikmah dicampakkan ke sungai sewaktu kejatuhan kerajaan Abbasiyah.
Mari ambil iktibar. Sampai bila mahu berbangga dengan kejayaan umat dahulu tanpa mencipta kejayaan pada masa sekarang? Buat sesiapa yang mengambil jurusan Fizik, atau sewaktu dengannya, berbanggalah. Anda harapan Islam untuk meneroka kelebihan Islam dari sudut bidang yang anda ceburi!
Wind Could Have Parted Red Sea for Moses: Report
Moses might not have parted the Red Sea, but a strong east wind that blew through the night could have pushed the waters back in the way described in biblical writings and the Koran, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
RELATED PHOTOS / VIDEOS
Computer simulations, part of a larger study on how winds affect water, show wind could push water back at a point where a river bent to merge with a coastal lagoon, the team at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado at Boulder said.
Wind setdown in the Nile Delta. Sustained winds can cause an event known as a wind setdown in which water levels are temporarily lowered. This animation shows how a strong east wind over the Nile Delta could have pushed water back into ancient waterways after blowing for about nine hours, exposing mud flats and possibly allowing people to walk across. (Animation by Tim Scheitlin and Ryan McVeigh, NCAR)
"The simulations match fairly closely with the account in Exodus," Carl Drews of NCAR, who led the study, said in a statement.
"The parting of the waters can be understood through fluid dynamics. The wind moves the water in a way that's in accordance with physical laws, creating a safe passage with water on two sides and then abruptly allowing the water to rush back in."
Religious texts differ a little in the tale, but all describe Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt ahead of a pharaoh's armies around 3,000 years ago. The Red Sea parts to let Moses and his followers pass safely, then crashes back onto the pursuers, drowning them.
Drews and colleagues are studying how Pacific Ocean typhoons can drive storm surges and other effects of strong and sustained winds on deep water.
His team pinpointed a possible site south of the Mediterranean Sea for the legendary crossing, and modeled different land formations that could have existed then and perhaps led to the accounts of the sea appearing to part.
The model requires a U-shaped formation of the Nile River and a shallow lagoon along the shoreline. It shows that a wind of 63 miles per hour, blowing steadily for 12 hours, could have pushed back waters 6 feet deep.
"This land bridge is 3-4 km (2 to 2.5 miles) long and 5 km (3 miles) wide, and it remains open for 4 hours," they wrote in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE.
"People have always been fascinated by this Exodus story, wondering if it comes from historical facts," Drews said. "What this study shows is that the description of the waters parting indeed has a basis in physical laws."
(Editing by Jerry Norton)
Biology ke Mathematics?
"Kak, tak boleh ke tick dua-dua ni? Saya tak tahu nak pilih yang mana.." soal saya pada Kak Jannah, staf di HEP KMM yang sudah tidak asing lagi dengan saya. Mana taknya, kalau bukan kak Jannah yang menjaga kaunter HEP, pasti ada sahaja ahli JPP yang 'mengambil alih' tugas beliau di situ.
"Oo.. tak boleh la Su. Kena tick satu je," jawabnya. Saya kecewa walaupun sebenarnya sudah tahu akan jawapan yang bakal diterima. Keliru, tak tahu nak pilih Biology atau Mathematics sebagai subjek pilihan. Borang Skim Latihan Tenaga Pengajar itu lama ditatap.
"Aku nak Mathematics sebab aku sangat minat pada Math. Lagipun, itu subjek yang paling cemerlang aku selalu dapat. Tapi aku pun nak Biology juga. Sebab aku akan lebih dekat dengan Tuhan. Memang markah Biology aku tidak sestabil Math, tapi mana tahu.. Aku akan dapat perbaiki kelemahan tu kalau aku ambil subjek ni nanti."
"Ah, alangkah senangnya kalau KPM yang tentukan subjek mana yang perlu aku belajar." Lama difikir, lantas ruangan Biology ditanda right. Bismillahi tawakkal tu Allah..
Kini, saya sudah di sini. Salah seorang pelajar tajaan SLTP yang mengambil jurusan Biology. Kumpulan pelajar tahun kedua terakhir sebelum KPM menamatkan penajaan ke atas pelajar Matrikulasi ke luar negara.
Ada kalanya, bila tertekan dengan prestasi dalam subjek Biology yang kurang memberangsangkan, hati menyalahkan diri sendiri. "Kalaulah aku pilih Mathematics dulu.."
Namun, segera pujuk hati, Beristighfar, jangan sekali-kali salahkan takdir. Setidaknya besar hikmah yang saya dapat. Ingat, "aku pilih subjek ni supaya lebih dekat dengan Allah". Kalau bukan kerana subjek ini, mungkin saya bukan di sini.
Nur Suhaila Zulkifli
Nottingham.
No comments:
Post a Comment