The Stronger Position on the Earth's Revolution Around the Sun
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Question:
What is the stronger position regarding the issue of the Earth rotating around the Sun?
Answer:
And what do we have to do with the Earth and the Sun? This is the arrangement of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Allah[Al-Anbya 21:33] and the Earth. So, delving into these matters, the Qur'an indicates that the Sun moves and that the Earth is fixed and stable. This is the text of the Qur'an and the evidence of the Qur'an. As for the theories of geographers, the modern theories, they are human statements that are subject to error and truth. We do not leave the indication of the Qur'an and adopt the theories of humans that change, because even among the geographers, you see that geographers differ. Some affirm what the Qur'an affirmed regarding the stability of the Earth and the rotation of the Sun around it. This is the theory of the ancient geographers, and the modern geographers contradicted it. So, disagreement exists among the geographers. As long as disagreement exists among the geographers themselves, how can we leave the indication of the Noble Qur'an and the speech of the Creator (Glorified and Exalted is He) who created the Sun and created the Earth, and He knows them best? Allah the Exalted says [Al-Kahf 18:51]. We do not know, and we do not encompass the knowledge of the Earth, the knowledge of the sky, and the knowledge of the planets. We do not encompass that. Rather, they are mere conjectures, and mere some experiments that may be correct and may be wrong. So, we are with the apparent meaning of the Qur'an, and with what the Qur'an indicates. As for the theories of the geographers, these are subject to consideration, subject to change, and subject to disagreement. So, they are not settled matters. And if they call it modern science, calling it modern science does not give it sanctity, nor does it give it complete trust. Is there complete sanctity in the speech of Allah and complete trust in the speech of Allah and the speech of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
As for naming this modern science or something similar to it, these are human theories that hit the mark and miss.
What is the stronger position regarding the issue of the Earth rotating around the Sun?
Answer:
And what do we have to do with the Earth and the Sun? This is the arrangement of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Allah
And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon
وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَI did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves
مَّا أَشْهَدتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْAs for naming this modern science or something similar to it, these are human theories that hit the mark and miss.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة وأ،جوبة - 07 — archive.org (1:09:48)
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