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{{Quote|{{Quran|36|40}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|36|40}}| | ||
It is not for the sun to | It is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming. }} | ||
Some apologists try to explain away the Qur'anic description of the sun moving in an orbit as a reference to our sun orbiting the black hole at the center of the milky way galaxy. This is an [[w:Ad hoc hypothesis|Ad hoc hypothesis]] and nothing from the text implies that the sun is orbiting anything other than the earth. If the author had knowledge of the sun orbiting a black hole then it is conspicuous that he never mentions it explicitly nor in any way differentiates the sun's orbit from that of the moon. | Some apologists try to explain away the Qur'anic description of the sun moving in an orbit as a reference to our sun orbiting the black hole at the center of the milky way galaxy. This is an [[w:Ad hoc hypothesis|Ad hoc hypothesis]] and nothing from the text implies that the sun is orbiting anything other than the earth. If the author had knowledge of the sun orbiting a black hole then it is conspicuous that he never mentions it explicitly nor in any way differentiates the sun's orbit from that of the moon. | ||
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<!-- {{Quote|{{Quran|40|64}}|It is God who made for you the earth '''a fixed place''' and heaven for an edifice; And He shaped you, and shaped you well, and provided you with the good things. That then is God, your Lord, so blessed be God, the Lord of all Being.}} --> | <!-- {{Quote|{{Quran|40|64}}|It is God who made for you the earth '''a fixed place''' and heaven for an edifice; And He shaped you, and shaped you well, and provided you with the good things. That then is God, your Lord, so blessed be God, the Lord of all Being.}} --> | ||
===Setting and Rising Place of the Sun=== | ===Setting and Rising Place of the Sun=== | ||
{{Main|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring}} | {{Main|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring}} | ||