The ruling on using the verse from Surat al-Ahzab as evidence for the rotation of the earth
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, one of them cited this verse as evidence for the rotation of the earth, which is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Naml 27:88] Is this a correct interpretation?
Answer:
No, this is speaking about Allah without knowledge. The verse is in the context of the Day of Resurrection, when the Hour stands and the mountains are moved. The mountains, the firm, stationary ones, are blown away, scattering in the air like smoke. This is at the standing of the Hour. It is not now; we do not see the mountains now moving from their places. We have never seen them displaced from their places. This is fabrication and speaking about Allah without knowledge. The problem is that they interpret the Qur'an with these errors, unless it is a map from themselves that has nothing to do with the Qur'an, in which case it is fine. But when they make it an interpretation of the Qur'an, it is not permissible. Yes.
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[At-Takwir 81:3] and the mountains are moved, [Al-Waqi'ah 56:6] becoming scattered dust. This is at the standing of the Hour and the great terrors. It is not now. Now the mountains are fixed and stationary. Yes, Allah called them "rawasi" (stationary mountains) and placed rawasi in them from their peaks. These people say that they fly and that they have become rawasi. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, one of them cited this verse as evidence for the rotation of the earth, which is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And you see the mountains, thinking them rigid, while they will pass as the passing of clouds
وَتَرَى الْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِAnswer:
No, this is speaking about Allah without knowledge. The verse is in the context of the Day of Resurrection, when the Hour stands and the mountains are moved. The mountains, the firm, stationary ones, are blown away, scattering in the air like smoke. This is at the standing of the Hour. It is not now; we do not see the mountains now moving from their places. We have never seen them displaced from their places. This is fabrication and speaking about Allah without knowledge. The problem is that they interpret the Qur'an with these errors, unless it is a map from themselves that has nothing to do with the Qur'an, in which case it is fine. But when they make it an interpretation of the Qur'an, it is not permissible. Yes.
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْAnd become dust dispersing.
فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُّنبَثًّا
Source
تفسير قوله تعالى : (وَتَرَى الْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً) [النمل : 88] — alfawzan.live
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