Seven Earths

One item of information about the Earth given in the Quran is its similarity to the seven-layered sky:   Al-Quran, Chapter 65 At-Talaq, Verse 12 In the Name of Allah, The Benevolent, The Merciful It is Allah Who created the seven heavens and of the earth the same number, the Command descending down through all of them, so that you might know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah encompasses all things in His knowledge. There are various models of the Earth's composition, the most basic of these divides the Earth into 4 Main zones: Inner core, Outer core, Mantle and Crust. (Figure 1) There are further subdivisions in each of these zones known as layers. Each layer has its own temperature and composition. The information in the above verse is confirmed in scientific sources, wherein it is explained that the Earth consists of seven strata. The truth of this similarity between the sky and the layers of the Earth, only identified by 20th century technology, is without doubt another of the Quran's scientific miracles. Footnotes 23. “Inside the Earth,” http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/inside.html. Inside the Earth http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Inside.shtml

Figure 1: The 4 Zones of the Earth which are sub divided into seven layers.