What is the validity of using the statement: “And you see the mountains, thinking them stationary, while they pass like the clouds” as evidence for the rotation of the earth?

Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: There are some who are interested in what is called scientific interpretation or scientific miracle. Regarding the statement of the Exalted and Majestic: Is his interpretation correct? Especially since the verse is in the context of verses about the Day when the Trumpet is blown, which is the Day of Resurrection.

Answer:
Allah, O Glorified is Allah, Allah the Exalted and Majestic says: “And the Day the Trumpet is blown, then they will pass like the clouds.” This is the Day of the blowing of the Trumpet. And this man says: No, now they are moving. But Allah says that now they are stationary. Call them stationary. And this man says they are moving, so they are not stationary. Is this not a contradiction of the speech of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He? It is not permissible to interpret the Qur'an with these fabrications and these theories. Theories differ, and these are human theories that change; sometimes a theory is accepted, and then shortly after, a theory comes that refutes and invalidates it. The Qur'an is not built upon fabrications and theories. The interpretation of the Qur'an has known, legislated methods in the books of the principles of interpretation and in the introductions to tafsirs, such as those of Ibn Jarir and Ibn Kathir, and one should refer to them. One does not play with the Qur'an and say, “This is a scientific miracle” or “This is a theoretical interpretation” or the like. But as I mentioned to you, a person reflects and ponders the verse, then reviews the tafsirs to see if what he has encountered or what has become clear to him applies to the interpretation or not? Yes.