If, however, he goes up higher to 25,000 feet high, his body fails to cope with such an unfamiliar height. So what happens? Certain symptoms begin to show. First, he feels that his breast is closed and constricted, gases in the body expand and other serious unbearable effects on the human body take place, particularly stomachache, colon ache, ear ache, and pains in the lungs and joints. All such unbearable aches and pains are caused by the decrease of atmospheric pressure.

That is why planes that fly higher than 40,000 feet high are provided with eight times as much air as they are on the Earth’s surface, so as to make the pressure in them equal that on the Earth’s surface; otherwise, passengers would lose consciousness and die, and this is why planes make emergency landing if the system that provides the plane with the needed air pressure breaks down.

Pay attention to the following Ayah:

﴾ He makes his breast closed and constricted, as if he is climbing up to the sky. ﴿

[ Al-An'am, 125 ]

Is not this Ayah a proof of the inimitability of Quran? Were there any airplanes at that time? How did Allah’s Messenger, Muhammad, (PBUH), know such fact?! Did he, or anyone else at his time, ever climb up into the sky so as to describe such a natural phenomenon?!

When you fly in an airplane, you do not feel such things as above mentioned, because special apparatuses press the air inside the plane in order to make the pressure inside equal to that on the Earth’s surface. If such apparatuses were suddenly to break down, the plane has to make an immediate forced-landing, otherwise all passengers on board would be killed.

The Ayah is very delicate, first man feels that his breast is closed and constricted, then after 25 thousand feet he feels unbearable pain as if he is climbing up to the sky

Supplication:

 O Allah, we beseech You to show us the way of righteousness together with those to whom You showed it; and to give us good health together with those whom You have healed; and to be our Protector, as You are of those whom You protect; and to bless what You have bestowed on us; and to save us from the affliction that You have decreed –for You rule with justice and You are never judged; and he whom You protect shall never be humiliated, and he whom You make Your enemy shall never be elevated, blessed and dignified are You. We thank You for what You have decreed, we ask You for Forgiveness for our sins, and we repent to You.

 O Allah, please make us do well in the Deen, which is our dignity, make us do well in our worldly life, in which we dwell and grant us safety on the Day of Judgment for it is our Final Destination. O Allah, please supply our life with all good things and make our death a rest from every evil, O our Master, the Lord of all Worlds.

 O Allah, make us desire what You have made lawful and reject what You have made unlawful, make us by Your benevolence independent of all others and make our obedience to You turn us away from our disobedience, and blessings and peace be upon our master, Prophet Muhammad, the Truthful and the Faithful.