Hell at a Glimpse

To know that the place you are going to stay for the next 6 years, is surrounded by active volcanoes is not really a comfortable thought XD Last saturday was ANZAC day in New Zealand so my friends and I thought that it would be cool to check out the ceremony going on at the museum in Auckland Domain. ANZAC(Australian New Zealand Army Cops) day is celebreted as a rememberance for the NZ and OZ soldiers who fought in World War I at Galipoli, Turki. Well, you could call it 'Hari Pahlawan' if you want.

Well, i am not really going to talk about ANZAC day today, because that does not really relate to me and i am not a New Zealand citizen. =p I am going to talk about something that is really interesting: volcanoes. I remembered learning about volcanoes once, when i was in Form 3, but i kind of had forgotten about it haha.. Didnt really fancy geography..lol..slept in that class once.(but it was the only class i ever slept in XD)

So, volcanoes are generally known as a conical mountain, which spews lava, ashes and toxic gases from a crater at its summit. what will happen during an eruption is, the magma will start its way up the main vent(the hole of the volcano). When the volcano is ready to erupt the lava (magma which had reached surface of volcano) is at the top of the main vent. When the lava finally reaches the surface, volcano will erupt and blasting off its top, shooting rocks, oozing hot lava and poisonous gases into the atmosphere. Lava will burn anything in its way. However lava cools very fast and when it does, it will form igneous rocks.

In order to predict volcanic activities, volcanologists will have to monitor closely specific signs shown by the volcano. Each volcano is unique, in a sense the symptoms shown by a volcano might not be the same as the signs shown by other volcanoes. This is because of the geographical factors. A device used to detect volcanic activity is the seismometer. This device is able to pinpoint earthquakes, which tracks the rise of magma and its movement.

And yes, talking about geographical factors, there are two main types of volcanoes. They are land volcanoes, and underwater volcanoes. Eruption of land volcanoes are faster than underwater volcanoes. This is so because the water put pressure on the magma, for the underwater volcanoes. An interesting fact which i just got to know is the cooled lava of the underwater volcano could establish an island! An example of such occurence is the Hawaiian Island...Subhanallah...

Volcanic eruptions are one of the most catastrophic events on Earth as they cause major damage such as destroying skifields, emitting ashes and poisonous gases which could damage lungs, destruction of property, deaths, and caused economic downturn. We as Muslims could learn a lot from volcanoes, by just observing the volcanic bursts. I do, a lot. The sight of the oozing, bright glowing red lava somehow remind us of something that we all fear the most. How does it feel like being burned alive? Can you express the emotions? Did we ever stop and thought about it? Or we just choose to brush off the thought? Or even if we did, waht are we intending to do to prevent ourselves from ending up in Neraka Jahannam?

Those who deny the meeting with Allah have lost, so that, when the Hour comes upon them suddenly, they will exclaim: "Alas for what we neglected there!" They will bear their burdens on their backs. How evil is what they bear! (Surat an-An‘am, 31

However, Allah is always The Most Merciful on His servants. Despite all the destructions caused, the eruption of volcanoes could bring benefits to humans. For example, human could get healing effects from tha geysers and hot springs formed around the volcanic area. Besides that, the land also became more fertilised as a result of the lava hardening in the atmosphere. Indirectly this could improve the economy through farming industry. The areas associated with volcanic activities are also rich in minerals such as diamonds, which is also an addition to the economic growth. So you see how Allah conveys His love towards humans. He may send us catastrophes and test us with various problematic situations, but those are only His reminder of how we had neglected Him and how we should start getting close to Him once more. But after that, He will give to us what we wanted eventually, or maybe sometimes in another form. So He said, "I know things that you humans do not"