Miracles of the Quran: The Solidity Of The Atom And Electron Orbits.

This episode discusses the solidity of atoms and electron orbits mentioned in the Quran. It notes that very strong structures exist even in nuclear weapons and nuclear fission/fusion processes. It suggests that the Quranic verse refers to the strength of atoms that cannot be broken, as well as the cloud-like motion of electrons orbiting the atomic nucleus, similar to how clouds move.

Questions:

1. What are some examples given in the episode of very solid structures found?

2. What are the two processes mentioned for splitting and combining atoms?

3. What is the verse from the Quran being referred to?

4. How is the motion of electrons in atoms described?

5. What is the proposed interpretation of the phrase "to everything its solidity" in the verse?

Notes:

1 Henrik Stapelfeldt, "Electrons Frozen in Motion", Nature, 16 December 2004, Vol. 432, pp. 809-810; Adrian Cho, "Whispering Atoms", New Scientist, 16 September 2000, Vol. 2256, p. 15; Albert Stolow, David M. Jonas, "Multidimensional Snapshots of Chemical Dynamics", Science, 10 September 2004, Vol 305, no. 5690, pp. 1575-1577.

2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_cloud