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Is it valid to cite the statement: “And the mountains as pegs” as evidence for the invalidity of the claim that the earth revolves around the sun?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it valid to cite the statement of the Exalted, “And the mountains as pegs,” as evidence for the invalidity of the claim that the earth revolves on its axis, and the invalidity of the claim that it revolves around the sun, since Allah has made the mountains pegs for the earth to prevent it from moving?

Answer:
There is no doubt, neither for us nor for the believers, that the earth is stationary and that the sun revolves around it, and that the stars and celestial bodies revolve around it, above the earth. This is beyond doubt, and it is the indication of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. As for the Western idea and the human intellectual idea, it is the opposite; they say that the earth revolves and the sun is stationary. This is the opposite of what is in the Qur'an.
Did they encompass the knowledge of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)? Did they encompass the creations of Allah such that they say this? This speech is not permissible. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselvesمَّا أَشْهَدتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ
[Al-Kahf 18:51]
They are incapable of comprehending this universe and encompassing it. Rather, they must follow what has come in the Qur'an and believe in it. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3425- 4717] هل يصح الاستدلال بقوله:﴿والجبال أوتادا﴾على بطلان القول بدوران الأرض حول الشمس؟ — youtube.com

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