Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Cosmology: Difference between revisions

No complete picture of Islamic cosmogony is given in the Qur'an, however, from what details are offered it does appear that the writer(s) of the Qur'an envisioned the earth as flat (see [[Islamic Views on the Shape of the Earth]]). The Qur'an also paints the picture of the universe in which both the sun and the moon revolve around the earth; the hadith add to the picture the detail that when not visible they prostrate themselves to Allah. On top of this, the [[mufasirrun]] add to the picture the [[Islamic Whale]], the mythological giant whale upon which the earth as a whole rests. The stars are portrayed as being roughly the size they appear, and also being castable from heaven by Allah, and all of the Islamic scriptures evince now apparent knowledge of the actual vastness of the universe vis-a-vis the earth.