فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Qur’anic verses describing mountains in relation to the prevention of mayd (instability or oscillation) have generated ongoing discussion concerning their possible relationship to contemporary geodynamic models. While some modern interpretations have associated these verses with geological processes, questions remain regarding how such readings may be understood within the distinct methodological and epistemological frameworks of Qur’anic discourse and Earth science. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the study analyzes the semantic domain of rawāsī and mayd in classical exegesis and compares them with insights from contemporary geodynamics. The analysis suggests that the negation of mayd is best understood as referring to the mitigation of persistent instability rather than the absence of motion. Geological evidence suggests that orogeny, through increases in lithospheric gravitational potential energy, crustal thickening, and enhanced mechanical strength, may act as a long-term feedback mechanism that contributes to local or temporal reductions in convergence rates over multi-million-year timescales. Early Earth geodynamic models further suggest that, prior to the emergence of stable collisional mountain belts, tectonic deformation was more vertically dominated and spatially heterogeneous. Within a comparative framework, the concept of rawāsī may be understood as resonating conceptually with the moderating role of collisional mountain systems within tectonic dynamics. Accordingly, the verses emphasize the moderation of instability rather than the cessation of motion, a perspective that may be considered broadly compatible with modern geodynamic insights, in an analogical sense.