Is it permissible to say that the earth revolves and the sun and moon are stationary?
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Question:
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to say that the earth revolves and the sun and moon are stationary?
Answer:
This is conjecture and words from human beings. Allah informed us that the sun moves; He informed us that the sun moves. For this reason, Ibrahim said to Namrud:[Al-Baqarah 2:258] They are called the easts and the wests because the celestial bodies rise from them and set in them, which indicates that they move. In an orbit in which they glorify, so they move, and the earth is fixed and stable, as Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned.
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to say that the earth revolves and the sun and moon are stationary?
Answer:
This is conjecture and words from human beings. Allah informed us that the sun moves; He informed us that the sun moves. For this reason, Ibrahim said to Namrud:
Indeed, Allah brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west.
فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْتِي بِالشَّمْسِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2373- 4717] هل يجوز القول بأن الأرض تدور والشمس والقمر ثابتان؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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