Allah says
وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا ( النبإ)
And the mountains as pegs (the news)
The peg
That which is fixed to the ground or a wall of wood and the like, to support a fence, to anchor a tent, to tie an animal, or to mark points in a survey, or as a weapon when its end is sharpened, a stake.
The ground pegs
Mountains are pegs in form and function Geologists have discovered the fact that the Earth's crust is made up of adjoining patches called continental plates and that mighty mountains float on a sea of magma and dense rock beneath the surface. They also discovered that mountains have roots that help them float and anchor them to the earth's plates so that they do not shake.
in 1948
The geologist Van Anglin mentioned in his book Geomorphology that it is currently well understood that there is a root for every mountain below the earth's crust. The function of the mountains on earth is to connect the earth's crust. This fact is proven by the principle of hydrostatic balance of the Earth as explained by the American geologist Dutton
in 1889
He stated that the protrusions of the earth were immersed in the ground in a manner corresponding to its height. Moreover, after proving the presence of earth plates
in 1969
It became clear that mountains are responsible for keeping all the plates in balance. Man did not know such facts about mountains that became available only recently, in the middle of the nineteenth century. at the same time
In this verse
the Holy Quran authoritatively affirms that mountains resemble pegs in both form and function. Recently, the exact simile of this verse has been proven correct. The peg consists of two parts: one on the surface and the other underground, and its function is to tie what is attached to it. Likewise, a mountain has two parts: one protruding above the earth's crust and the other submerged underground in proportion to its height. Its function is to bind the plates of the earth's crust and prevent them from vibrating due to the molten layer underneath.
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