Where Did Earth's Water Come From?

[Crusher]

Answer is here,

 

[Goenitz]

from oort cloud.....
ok kuiper belt then

 

[Ultima Thule]

Answer is here,

this is not confirmed, right word for it MOST PROBABLY, there are other hypothesis that origin of water on Earth

 

[TNT]

It is also mentioned in Quran that water was sent down from the heavens. Today many believe all the water on earth came from space.

 

[Ultima Thule]

It is also mentioned in Quran that water was sent down from the heavens. Today many believe all the water on earth came from space.

Where can you quote in which Ayat/Sura this refer to??

 

[xyx007]

Where can you quote in which Ayat/Sura this refer to??

[Quran 23.18] And We sent down water from the heaven in proper quantity, and we made Earth its dwelling, and We are Able to take it away. ... So the water itself came from the heavens above the clouds.
Water on Earth came from outer space, from ice in comets and meteors.
When those comets enter our atmosphere the heat generated on entry vaporizes this ice into the atmosphere.

 

[Ultima Thule]

[Quran 23.18] And We sent down water from the heaven in proper quantity, and we made Earth its dwelling, and We are Able to take it away. ... So the water itself came from the heavens above the clouds.
Water on Earth came from outer space, from ice in comets and meteors.
When those comets enter our atmosphere the heat generated on entry vaporizes this ice into the atmosphere.

Heavens means in Quran for Both outer universe and the Atmosphere, so Both have possibility that Water came either from Heavens (Universe/ Outer space) or from Atmosphere or from both, but anyway thanks and last you're didn't quoted in which sura this Ayat is from???

 

[xyx007]

Heavens means in Quran for Both outer universe and the Atmosphere, so Both have possibility that Water came either from Heavens (Universe/ Outer space) or from Atmosphere or from both, but anyway thanks and last you're didn't quoted in which sura this Ayat is from???

don't you see the Quran 23.18 , every Muslims know what it means

 

[Ultima Thule]

don't you see the Quran 23.18 , every Muslims know what it means

But different narrators define different meaning of heavens in Quran

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

But different narrators define different meaning of heavens in Quran

Quran has layers of meanings which uncover more with time. That is the beauty of the science of the Quran.

Quran also mentions the spherical shape of the Earth, for example, at a time when many others thought the Earth was flat.

 

[litman]

But different narrators define different meaning of heavens in Quran

this is an "ayat mutashabiha" . it means we can only do "taweel" of this ayat. Allah knows the exact meaning. some ayat mutashabihaat became clearer with the progress of man's knowledge. but one thing is certain that water came "down" from somewhere. now from where exactly it came? we can only guess. may be after 100 years from today we may get a clue. as Quran is not meant to be a book of science or history it doesnt give full details of everything. it only points towards some facts about the creation of universe and man so that we may think upon them and be thankful to Allah. we are instructed to look for the signs in the universe and in our own selves. the sensible think about them and believe in Allah while many of the scientific idiots after looking at these signs think that the creation of the entire universe took place entirely "by chance". i am not a against science but some famous scientist said that little knowledge of science will make you an atheist and more knowledge of science will make you a believer.

 

[TNT]

Where can you quote in which Ayat/Sura this refer to??

There are many.
[Quran 23.18] And We sent down water from the heaven in proper quantity, and we made Earth its dwelling, and We are Able to take it away.

Please note the sentence, we made earth its dwelling, means it disnt belong on earth but Allah made earth its place, means it came from outside.
In another plave in Quran.
[Quran 2.164] ... In the water which Allah sent down from the Heavens and brought with it life to Earth after being dead and gave life in it to every kind of land animal; And in directing the winds; And in the clouds that are enslaved between the Heavens and the Earth; [All these] are Signs for a people who comprehend.

It mentions clouds are enslaved between heavens and earth, so it implies that heavens point to the space and water came from space and not the atmosphere.