Globular Nature of EarthWritten by Mohammad Ali Abid
The holy quran is word of Allah . it is our way of worship up to judgement day . this means that there is no contradiction between what it says and what new scientific discovers say . however , quran must be understood properly so that to confirm concerns of new scientific discoveries , because many scientific statements of today may be refuted tomorrow there fore they must be dealt with carefully when we try to see it significance in quran Allah says “ and land we have spread out [15:19] spread means stretched however this quanic verse combines language and its effectiveness after almost fact which human intellect it discovers after almost one thousand and five hundred years .when verse mentioned that earth is stretched it did not mean that whole shape of earth is stretched but it addressed man that wherever moves he will always find earth gets stretched before him . man who;; might get confounded by an adage of earth where he will find space . if shape of earth was square or rectangle or in any shape other than globular man would have get confronted by an adage where he sees end of surface of earth and begging of space man to come back to same point from where he moved as globular shape , man in this movement from starting point and coming back to same point will always find earth stretched before him therefore above mentioned quince verse miraculously indicates appearance as well as reality this makes quran as first book which pointed out that earth is round Not only this but another quince verse states also that earth rotates around itself around sun ( he created heavens sand earth in true (proportions) he makes night overlap day and day overlap night , he has subjected sun and moon ( to his law ) each one follows a confess for a time appointed is not he excalted in power – “he who forgives again and again” [39:5] this verse shows that day and night overlap
| | The moon and the sunWritten by Mohammad Ali Abid
Astronomers found that moon movement is 18 kilometers per a second, Earth movement is 15 kilometers per a second, whereas sun movement is 12 kilometers per a second. The sun, earth & moon all run & distance between them is regularized. Quran explained this fact before fourteen centuries. It says “And sun Runs his course for a period determined for him: that is decree of (Him) exalted in Might, All Knowing. And moon we have measured for her Mansions (to traverse) Till she returns like old (and withered) lower part of a date – stalk. It is not permitted to sun to catch up moon, nor can night outstrip Fay: Each (just) swims along in (its own orbit) (According to Law) [36:38-40]. What does “Ali runs And Mohammed moves and Ali cannot reach Mohammed runs but Ali does not reach Mohammed. Here Allah Excelled in might says “And sun runs his course for a period determined for him” Then He says “ It is not permitted to sun to catch-up moon” This means that the
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