KUR’ÂN’DA DAĞ VE DEPREM MÜNASEBETİ

This study examines the meaning and physical relationship between the concepts of mountain and earthquake ‎in the Quran. In the Quran, earthquake is generally expressed with words such as “zelzele”, “rajfe”, “rajce” and ‎‎“meyd”; mountain is expressed with the terms “cebel” and “ravâsî”. While mountains are described in the ‎Quran as fixed elements placed to ensure the balance of the earth, earthquakes are more often associated with ‎situations such as the apocalypse, divine warning and punishment. In this study, the verses in which these two ‎concepts are used were determined and their evaluations were made in the light of classical tafsir sources and ‎scientific data. Earthquakes are discussed in the context of three basic tenses in the Quran: the first creation, the ‎destruction of past nations and the apocalypse scenes. It is also seen that some verses include expressions ‎regarding the present tense. During these periods, the stabilizing, stabilizing, solidity and transience aspects of ‎mountains mentioned together with earthquakes were touched upon. Although there is no direct statement in the ‎Quran that mountains prevent earthquakes, mountains are presented as symbols of stability, balance and ‎solidity, and earthquakes as symbols of change, shaking and transience. The aim of the study is to show that ‎the Quran does not contradict scientific data and to respond to criticisms directed at it in the context of scientific ‎data. ‎