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{{Quote|{{cite quran|75|8|end=9|style=ref}}|And the moon darkens And the sun and the moon are joined,}} | {{Quote|{{cite quran|75|8|end=9|style=ref}}|And the moon darkens And the sun and the moon are joined,}} | ||
The word translated "are joined" is Arabic [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume2/00000091.pdf jumi'a], a verb which means to collect together, gather together, bring together. Given that this would actually require the moon to travel 98 million miles away from Earth and into the sun, which dwarfs it by over 600 times in diameter, it seems vastly less fitting as an apocalyptic event than if the ancient conception of the cosmos was correct. | The word translated "are joined" is Arabic [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume2/00000091.pdf jumi'a], a verb which means to collect together, gather together, bring together. Given that this would actually require the moon to travel 98 million miles away from Earth and into the sun, which dwarfs it by over 600 times in diameter, it seems vastly less fitting as an apocalyptic event than if the ancient conception of the cosmos was correct. Thus it is far more likely that the author had such a misconception about the sun and moon. | ||
===Moon Emits Light=== | ===Moon Emits Light=== | ||