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Some may confuse geocentricism with the the idea that the [[Flat Earth and the Quran|Earth is flat]]. These are in fact two different ideas. Geocentrism simply is the notion that the Earth is the (immovable) centre of our universe, thus all celestial bodies move around it. The ancient Greeks and the Europeans of the middle ages thought that the celestial bodies (the sun, the moon and the 5 known planets) all moved in celestial spheres around a spherical Earth. It should be noted that even though not all geocentrists are flat-Earthers, invariably all flat-earthers seem to be geocentrists. | Some may confuse geocentricism with the the idea that the [[Flat Earth and the Quran|Earth is flat]]. These are in fact two different ideas. Geocentrism simply is the notion that the Earth is the (immovable) centre of our universe, thus all celestial bodies move around it. The ancient Greeks and the Europeans of the middle ages thought that the celestial bodies (the sun, the moon and the 5 known planets) all moved in celestial spheres around a spherical Earth. It should be noted that even though not all geocentrists are flat-Earthers, invariably all flat-earthers seem to be geocentrists. | ||
The author of the Qur'an thought that both the sun and the moon each followed a curved (rounded) course, a 'Falak' in the Arabic. Al falak was defined in Lane's Lexicon of classical Arabic as the place of the revolving of the stars; the celestial sphere, but generally imagined by the Arabs to be a material concave hemisphere (up to seven of them for the sun, moon, and the five visible planets), and from the same root is the hemisphere-shaped whirl of a spindle, or a mound of sand or hill<ref name="LanesLexiconfalak">Falak [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume6/00000227.pdf Lane's Lexicon Volume 1 page 2443] and [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume6/00000228.pdf page 2444]</ref>. | The author of the Qur'an thought that both the sun and the moon each followed a curved (rounded) course, a 'Falak' in the Arabic. Al falak was defined in Lane's Lexicon of classical Arabic as the place of the revolving of the stars; the celestial sphere, but generally imagined by the Arabs to be a material concave hemisphere (up to seven of them for the sun, moon, and the five visible planets), which rotates about the celestial pole, and from the same root is the hemisphere-shaped whirl of a spindle, or a mound of sand or hill<ref name="LanesLexiconfalak">Falak [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume6/00000227.pdf Lane's Lexicon Volume 1 page 2443] and [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume6/00000228.pdf page 2444]</ref>. | ||
It seems from the Qur'an that Allah brings the sun from the east, it goes high above the Earth and ends after sunset with the Sun going to a resting place. All this took place around an Earth that was spread out and had a firmament of seven heavens built without pillars that can be seen above it. This was a common belief in the region at that time and can be found earlier with the Babylonians, ancient Hebrews, the Assyrians and other cultures in the region. | It seems from the Qur'an that Allah brings the sun from the east, it goes high above the Earth and ends after sunset with the Sun going to a resting place. All this took place around an Earth that was spread out and had a firmament of seven heavens built without pillars that can be seen above it. This was a common belief in the region at that time and can be found earlier with the Babylonians, ancient Hebrews, the Assyrians and other cultures in the region. | ||