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The author of the Qur'an repeats a common view of the 7<sup>th</sup> century that the earth was a fixed and un-moving object with the stars, sun, and moon revolving around it. The author appears to be unaware that the earth is rotating around its axis and moving through space around the sun. | The author of the Qur'an repeats a common view of the 7<sup>th</sup> century that the earth was a fixed and un-moving object with the stars, sun, and moon revolving around it. The author appears to be unaware that the earth is rotating around its axis and moving through space around the sun. | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|27|61}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|27|61}}| | ||
Is not He (better than your gods) Who has made the earth as '''a fixed abode''', and has placed rivers in its midst, and has placed firm mountains therein, and has set a barrier between the two seas (of salt and sweet water). Is there any ilah (god) with Allah? Nay, but most of them know not.}} | Is not He (better than your gods) Who has made the earth as '''a fixed abode''', and has placed rivers in its midst, and has placed firm mountains therein, and has set a barrier between the two seas (of salt and sweet water). Is there any ilah (god) with Allah? Nay, but most of them know not.}} | ||
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{{Quote|[http://quran.com/27/61 Qur`an 27:61]| | |||
Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allah ? [No], but most of them do not know.}} | |||
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{{Quote|1=[http://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=74&tSoraNo=27&tAyahNo=61&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2 The Command to praise Allah and send Blessings on His Messengers]<BR>Tafsir al-Jalalayn |2=(Or He Who made the earth an abode [of stability], that does not [constantly] shake beneath [the feet of] its inhabitants, and made rivers [to flow] throughout it and set firm mountains for it, with which He fixed the earth [in place], and set an isthmus between the two seas, between the sweet one and the salty one, the one not mixing with the other. Is there a god with God? Nay, but most of them have no knowledge, of His Oneness. | |||
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===Permanent Barrier between Fresh and Salt Water=== | ===Permanent Barrier between Fresh and Salt Water=== | ||