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===The visibility of the sun's movement===
===The visibility of the sun's movement===


The movement of the sun (as well as the course of the moon) is visible according the author of the Qur'an.
A common claim is that references in the Qur'an to the sun's movement concern its 225 million year orbit around our milky way galaxy rather than to a geocentric orbit. Yet the author of the Qur'an describes a movement of the sun (as well as of the moon) that he expects any of its listeners to see, hence it does not mean a galactic orbit.


{{Quote|{{Quran|31|29}}|'''Don't you see''' that Allah merges night into day and he merges day into night and he has subjected the sun, and the moon each running its course for a term appointed. And Allah is aware of what you do.}}  
{{Quote|{{Quran|31|29}}|'''Don't you see''' that Allah merges night into day and he merges day into night and he has subjected the sun, and the moon each running its course for a term appointed. And Allah is aware of what you do.}}  
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{{Quote|{{Quran|25|45}}|Art thou not aware of thy Sustainer [through His works]? - how He causes the shadow to lengthen [towards the night] when, had He so willed, He could indeed have made it stand still: but then, We have made the sun its guide;}}
{{Quote|{{Quran|25|45}}|Art thou not aware of thy Sustainer [through His works]? - how He causes the shadow to lengthen [towards the night] when, had He so willed, He could indeed have made it stand still: but then, We have made the sun its guide;}}
However, according to a better English translation of the Qur'an, the sun's influence over the shadow is only part of the hypothetical situation in which Allah makes the shadow constant. In such a case, indeed, the earth's influence over the shadow's length becomes naught (since it only arises if the earth stops moving), and the sun's influence becomes singular.


===The course of the sun in relation to the course of the moon===
===The course of the sun in relation to the course of the moon===
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