NEWS (North, East, West, South)

Abstract 
The Quran foretells the Great News as well as a prophesy for the Middle East. The geographical centre of the land surfaces of the Earth is located in the Middle East. The Quran also mentions about the regions farthest from the place of its revelation, so that the believers know that Allah has encompassed everything in knowledge. The Quran is a guidance for the believer to study, understand and adhere to the right religion, in preparation for the Day of Judgement. 



Full Text 

إِنَّمَا إِلَٰهُكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا

Only your God (is) Allah the One, (there is) no god but He. He has encompassed all things (in) knowledge.

[Al-Quran 20:98] 

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News about the farthest regions of the Earth: 

The Quran foretells the Great News as well as a prophesy for the Middle East. It uses the term أُمَّةً وَسَطًا to describe the nation on whom the Messenger is a witness. It also mentions the الْقِبْلَةَ in the same ayat, which is located in the city of Makkah in the Middle East:

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّتِي كُنتَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يَتَّبِعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّن يَنقَلِبُ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ وَإِن كَانَتْ لَكَبِيرَةً إِلَّا عَلَى الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُضِيعَ إِيمَانَكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

[Al-Quran 2:143]

The geographical centre of the land surfaces of the Earth is located in the Middle East. The cities of Makkah and Medina are located in Saudi Arabia. It is shown to be located almost in the centre of most maps:

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The Quran mentions the following about the regions farthest from the place of its revelation, so that the believers know that Allah has indeed encompassed everything in knowledge:

News of the North  

Dhu-al-Qarnayn's arrival at the Arctic Circle: 

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِي عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوْمًا قُلْنَا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّا أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّا أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًا

[Al-Quran 18:86] 

The Arctic ocean in the North Pole is surrounded by land.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Pole#/media/File:Arctic_Ocean.png 

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News of the East  

Toba catastrophe is believed to have occurred due to a volcanic super-eruption in Indonesia:

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ

[Al-Quran 44:37] 

Indonesia is the eastern-most country with land on the equator.  

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News of the West 

The Shuar and Achuar are indigenous tribes living in Ecuador. I think Surah ash-Shua`ra mentions them:

وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ

[Al-Quran 26:224] 

Ecuador is the western-most country on the equator: 

 

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News of the South  

Dhu-al-Qarnayn's arrival at Antarctica:  

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا

[Al-Quran 18:90] 

The continent of Antarctica lies at the South Pole:  

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Purpose 

فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ الْقَيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ

مَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِأَنفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُونَ

لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ مِن فَضْلِهِ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْكَافِرِينَ

So set your face to the religion right, before [that] comes a Day not (can be) averted [it] from Allah. That Day, they will be divided.

Whoever disbelieves, then against him (is) his disbelief. And whoever does righteousness, then for themselves they are preparing, 

That He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds (out) of His Bounty. Indeed, He (does) not like the disbelievers.

[Al-Quran 30:43-45]

The Quran is a guidance for the believer. To prepare for the Day of Judgement, we must study, understand and adhere to the right religion:

Related Links

The Prophecy
http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-battle.html

Humans: Extinct & Extant
http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2017/12/humans-extinct-extant.html

Dhu al Qarnayn visited the Polar Regions?
http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2014/06/dhu-al-qarnayn-polar-regions-of-earth.html

Smoke from the Sky
http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2018/01/smoke-from-sky.html

The Shuar & The Achuar (الشُّعَرَاءُ)
http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-shuar-achuar.html

The Same Religion (الدِّينِ)
http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-same-religion.html

The Right Religion (Deen)
http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-right-religion-deen.html

Mission of the Messengers & Related Posts
http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html


References 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_centre_of_Earth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_and_water_hemispheres
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equator#Equatorial_countries_and_territories
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection

Last updated on: July 26, 2018