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Hoskin, Michael and Gingerich, Owen, “Islamic Astronomy” in The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy, Ed. M. Hoskin, p.50-52, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999 | Hoskin, Michael and Gingerich, Owen, “Islamic Astronomy” in The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy, Ed. M. Hoskin, p.50-52, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999 | ||
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It can be viewed free online at | It can be viewed free online at http://books.google.com/books?id=4nmjGztzfZwC&pg=PA50 | ||
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The tables below show how some of the Arabic words discussed above are used in the Qur’an (not including the controversial instances in 18:86 and 18:90) and in the 6 major Sunni hadith collections. This might make it easier for the reader to verify the statements made in this article and reach his or her own conclusions. Of course, many of the most important arguments in the preceding discussion cannot be derived merely from these tables. | The tables below show how some of the Arabic words discussed above are used in the Qur’an (not including the controversial instances in 18:86 and 18:90) and in the 6 major Sunni hadith collections. This might make it easier for the reader to verify the statements made in this article and reach his or her own conclusions. Of course, many of the most important arguments in the preceding discussion cannot be derived merely from these tables. | ||
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center" width = "100%" | {| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center" width="100%" | ||
! Word | !Word | ||
! Place (ism makan) | !Place (ism makan) | ||
! Time (ism zaman) | !Time (ism zaman) | ||
! East/West | !East/West | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Maghrib | |Maghrib | ||
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center" width = "100%" | {| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center" width="100%" | ||
! Verb | !Verb | ||
! Referring to the sun in relation to a location | !Referring to the sun in relation to a location | ||
! Referring to the sun in relation to time | !Referring to the sun in relation to time | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Gharaba | |Gharaba | ||
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The arguments against this interpretation have been demonstrated to be weak or groundless. The alternative interpretations have been shown to have fatal contextual, grammatical and logical flaws and use word meanings invented purely in an attempt to support those interpretations. | The arguments against this interpretation have been demonstrated to be weak or groundless. The alternative interpretations have been shown to have fatal contextual, grammatical and logical flaws and use word meanings invented purely in an attempt to support those interpretations. | ||
==See Also== | |||
== See Also == | |||
*[[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring - Part Two|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring (Part Two)]] | *[[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring - Part Two|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring (Part Two)]] | ||
*[[Did Muhammad and the early Muslims know that the Earth is round|Did Muhammad and the Earliest Muslims Know the Earth is Round?]] | *[[Did Muhammad and the early Muslims know that the Earth is round|Did Muhammad and the Earliest Muslims Know the Earth is Round?]] | ||
{{Hub4|Dhul-Qarnayn|Dhul-Qarnayn}} | {{Hub4|Dhul-Qarnayn|Dhul-Qarnayn}} | ||
{{Hub4|Cosmology|Cosmology}} | {{Hub4|Cosmology|Cosmology}} | ||