Citizens of Karachi got stunned as a giant fireball illuminated the sky this Saturday. Residents in different parts of Sindh also witnessed the mysterious fireball.
Soon after, social media users reported that they saw a fast-moving bright object in the sky which disappeared within seconds. All accounts of the rare event point that it happened after 7 pm.
While citizens were confused as to what exactly was the giant fireball, independent astronomical groups quickly investigated the incident and confirmed that it was a ‘meteorite’ that might have crashed in the Arabian Sea.
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For the unversed, a small rock up to one-meter wide in outer space is called a ‘meteoroid.’ It is called a ‘meteor’ when it becomes visible and a ‘meteorite’ when it hits Earth.
A meteoroid turns into a meteor about 100 km above sea level. When it enters Earth’s atmosphere, it travels with a speed of more than 20 km/s. Such speed is the reason behind the transformation of a meteoroid into a meteor, which is also commonly known as a “shooting star.”
Meteoroids and other outer space objects of similar size enter Earth’s atmosphere every day. Almost all of them crash into oceans and other uninhabited areas of the planet.
Modern sciences now describing the burning stars theory while 14 and half century ago Allah has reveal in the Holy
Quran 67:5 translation:
And indeed We have already adorned the lowest heaven with lamps and made them outcast (meteorites) for Ash-Shayatin (The ever-vicious “ones”, i.e., the devils) and We have readied for them the torment of the Blaze.
— Dr. Ghali
We have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps and made them [missiles] for stoning devils for whom We have also prepared the torment of a blazing fire.
— Abdul Haleem
And verily We have beautified the world’s heaven with lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame.
— Pickthall
And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with Lamps, and We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones, and have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.
— Yusuf Ali