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===Qur'an 55:17 - The two easts and two wests=== | ===Qur'an 55:17 - The two easts and two wests=== | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|55|17}}|(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|55|17}}|رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ | ||
Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayni | |||
(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests}} | |||
The commentaries (tafsirs) are unanimous that this refers to the two places or points where the sun rises from on the summer and winter solstices (almashriqayni), and where it sets on those solstice days (almaghribayni). Similarly, verse 77:40 was understood to refer to all the different places from which the sun rises and sets between these ranges. This might seem perfectly fitting for an author who believed in a flat Earth and a sun that moves around the world every day, where these locations are objective facts of cosmography. | The commentaries (tafsirs) are unanimous that this refers to the two places or points where the sun rises from on the summer and winter solstices (almashriqayni), and where it sets on those solstice days (almaghribayni). Similarly, verse 77:40 was understood to refer to all the different places from which the sun rises and sets between these ranges. This might seem perfectly fitting for an author who believed in a flat Earth and a sun that moves around the world every day, where these locations are objective facts of cosmography. | ||