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The next verse clearly says that stars were created after the seven heavens which took two days to create, and after the earth which was created even earlier. | The next verse clearly says that stars were created after the seven heavens which took two days to create, and after the earth which was created even earlier. | ||
===The Cause of Shadows=== | ===The Cause of Shadows Changing Length=== | ||
Shadows are produced when the sun's light is blocked by an obstacle. It is the Earth's rotation that causes these shadows to change size and lengthen. However, verse 25:45 seems to say that the reason that shadows lengthen rather than being stationary is because the sun | Shadows are produced when the sun's light is blocked by an obstacle. It is the Earth's rotation that causes these shadows to change size and lengthen. However, verse 25:45 seems to say that the reason that shadows lengthen rather than being stationary is because Allah has made the sun their guide. Yet if the Earth did not rotate (so shadows were stationary) and then the Earth was made to rotate (so that they could lengthen and draw in) the sun would not need to be made to do anything different in either case. Thus the most likely explanation is that the verse represents a geocentric worldview where the sun moves across the sky, guiding the shadows. | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|25|45-46}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|25|45-46}}| | ||