Allah’s Apostle (S.A.W) said, “A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim....
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Narrated by Abdullah bin Umar (R.A)
Allah’s Apostle (S.A.W) said, “A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim. So he should neither oppress him nor hand him over to an oppressor. And whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his needs.”
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 85, Number 83
At least 50 ships and 20 aircraft have vanished in the Bermuda Triangle
Be witchingly beautiful Bermuda is one of the few places in the modern world that still retains an aura of superstitious mystery. The Bermuda Triangle - also called the Devil’s Triangle, Limbo of the Lost, and Hoodoo Sea - covers approximately 500,000 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean. Its three points are commonly defined as Bermuda, the southernmost tip of Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The name was popularized in February 1964 when Vincent Gaddis wrote The Deadly Bermuda Triangle for Argosy magazine.
Long before the Triangle legend took hold, Bermuda itself was steeped in mystery. Early sea travellers, unnerved by the eerie calls of cahow birds and the squeals of wild pigs, dubbed it ‘The Devil’s Islands’. Sailors feared shipwreck on Bermuda’s treacherous reefs, a theme famously echoed in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which tells a tale of shipwreck and sorcery in “the still-vexed Bermoothes.”
The origins of the Triangle myth trace back as far as Columbus, who recorded a malfunctioning compass, strange lights, and a fiery object plunging into the sea. Many sailors after him recounted harrowing experiences in the Sargasso Sea, a calm, windless stretch of ocean encircled by seaweed and drifting wreckage.
While ghostly legends abound, scientists attribute the phenomenon to circular ocean currents sweeping through the North Atlantic.
Over the past 500 years, at least 50 ships and 20 aircraft have vanished in the Triangle, often without a trace. One of the most famous cases is that of Flight 19. On December 5, 1945, five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers departed Fort Lauderdale on a routine mission. Their last radio contact was at 4:00 PM; the planes and 27 crew members were never seen again. A navy report stated they disappeared “as if they had flown to Mars.”
Theories explaining these disappearances range from alien abduction to sorcery, but science provides more grounded explanations. Sudden, violent storms known as “white squalls” and waterspouts—essentially sea tornadoes—are possible culprits. The latest theory suggests that large methane gas deposits on the ocean floor may erupt, creating bubbles that destabilize ships or ignite in airplane engines, causing explosions.
Whether fact or fiction, the Bermuda Triangle remains a captivating mystery. But don’t let the legend deter you—there’s much more to Bermuda’s magic than its myths.
