The Rotation of the Sun and the Stationarity of the Earth
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The questioner:
That whoever believes that the sun revolves around the earth, and that the earth is stationary, that this is a false belief, what is your opinion, Your Eminence?
The Shaykh:
This is a single publication, and we have prepared a response to it. It is a single newspaper article stating that the eclipses indicate that the earth is the one revolving around the sun, and that people used to believe that the sun revolves, and it has become apparent that the earth is the one revolving. This is an error and a mistake by its author and by this writer. Rather, the sun is the one that revolves, and the moon is the one that revolves, and so are the wandering planets (the moving celestial bodies) that revolve. As for the earth, it is stationary. Allah has established it with mountains and made them pegs for it, and He made the sun rise from the east, and it does not know its height until it spreads over the inhabited earth, and so it descends until it sets in the west until Allah decrees the end of this world. And so it is with the wandering planets, the moon and others. Whoever claims that the earth is the one revolving around these planets has erred and spoken a terrible statement that has no basis or foundation. Rather, it is due to blind imitation of others among the astronomers who said many things without knowledge, and those who imitated them among those who follow without care for the evidence. We have written a detailed response and a concise response on this matter, and we have collected it, printed it, and it is being distributed. We named this treatise "The Scriptural and Sensory Evidence for the Stationarity of the Earth and the Movement of the Sun." Yes.
Another questioner:
Exactly.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
Shaykh, is this studied in the curricula?
The Shaykh:
May Allah guide us and them, may Allah guide everyone.
Another questioner:
Shaykh, and "and all of them are swimming in their orbits," does this include the earth, meaning?
The Shaykh:
It encompasses the sun, the moon, the night, and the day. Yes.
The questioner:
What is the difference in the seasons of the year, they say it arises from the rotation of the earth, summer, winter, and autumn.
The Shaykh:
It is all nothing from the rotation of the sun.
The questioner:
This group.
The Shaykh:
No, not from the rotation of the earth, no.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Allah established it with pegs, and He said "the great mountains," you are at the level of the Table Spread (Surah al-Ma'idah), the rotation, movement, and disturbance. If Allah wills.
That whoever believes that the sun revolves around the earth, and that the earth is stationary, that this is a false belief, what is your opinion, Your Eminence?
The Shaykh:
This is a single publication, and we have prepared a response to it. It is a single newspaper article stating that the eclipses indicate that the earth is the one revolving around the sun, and that people used to believe that the sun revolves, and it has become apparent that the earth is the one revolving. This is an error and a mistake by its author and by this writer. Rather, the sun is the one that revolves, and the moon is the one that revolves, and so are the wandering planets (the moving celestial bodies) that revolve. As for the earth, it is stationary. Allah has established it with mountains and made them pegs for it, and He made the sun rise from the east, and it does not know its height until it spreads over the inhabited earth, and so it descends until it sets in the west until Allah decrees the end of this world. And so it is with the wandering planets, the moon and others. Whoever claims that the earth is the one revolving around these planets has erred and spoken a terrible statement that has no basis or foundation. Rather, it is due to blind imitation of others among the astronomers who said many things without knowledge, and those who imitated them among those who follow without care for the evidence. We have written a detailed response and a concise response on this matter, and we have collected it, printed it, and it is being distributed. We named this treatise "The Scriptural and Sensory Evidence for the Stationarity of the Earth and the Movement of the Sun." Yes.
Another questioner:
Exactly.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
Shaykh, is this studied in the curricula?
The Shaykh:
May Allah guide us and them, may Allah guide everyone.
Another questioner:
Shaykh, and "and all of them are swimming in their orbits," does this include the earth, meaning?
The Shaykh:
It encompasses the sun, the moon, the night, and the day. Yes.
The questioner:
What is the difference in the seasons of the year, they say it arises from the rotation of the earth, summer, winter, and autumn.
The Shaykh:
It is all nothing from the rotation of the sun.
The questioner:
This group.
The Shaykh:
No, not from the rotation of the earth, no.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Allah established it with pegs, and He said "the great mountains," you are at the level of the Table Spread (Surah al-Ma'idah), the rotation, movement, and disturbance. If Allah wills.
Source
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