Does the earth rotate or is it stationary?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Does the saying of Allah, Glorious and Exalted, “And We have cast into it firm mountains” indicate that the earth does not rotate?
Answer:
My brother, what do you want with the rotation of the earth and what do you want with these matters? The earth is stationary, as Allah, Glorious and Exalted, said; He made it a stable, settled place.[Ghafir 40:64] This is sufficient for you; this is sufficient from the Qur'an. Yes, do not follow the geographical theories, which are nothing but conjecture and estimation. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Does the saying of Allah, Glorious and Exalted, “And We have cast into it firm mountains” indicate that the earth does not rotate?
Answer:
My brother, what do you want with the rotation of the earth and what do you want with these matters? The earth is stationary, as Allah, Glorious and Exalted, said; He made it a stable, settled place.
made for you the earth a place of settlement
جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [85] هل الأرض تدور أم ثابتة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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