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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And the sun runs toward its resting place"

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner, Muhammad, says: In the noble verse
And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ
[Ya-Sin 36:38]
. In the books of the exegetes, it is stated that this running is the movement of the sun from east to west. In modern science, it is said that the sun does not run from east to west, but rather this apparent movement is not real; it is the result of the spherical earth rotating on its axis. Then, later, science established a movement for the sun, which is its movement around the center of gravity. So, may Allah preserve you, by which movement of the sun do we take in interpreting this verse?

Answer:
First, researching this matter does not lead to any benefit or utility. However, it is obligatory to believe in what came in the Qur'an, that the sun runs,
And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping pointوَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا
[Ya-Sin 36:38]
. So we believe in this, and that the sun runs as Allah, who created it, Glorified and Exalted is He, and managed it, informed us. It runs toward its resting place, which is the place where it prostrates to Allah beneath the Throne. And in the reading of Ibn Abbas,
It runs without a resting placeتجري لا مستقر لها
. The sun runs, without doubt, it runs around the earth. The earth is stationary, and the sun and all the other planets run around the earth. This is what the Qur'an indicates.
The Noble One, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, informed us of it. So it is obligatory to believe in it and affirm it, and not to pay attention to human theories that err and hit the mark, especially when they contradict the Qur'an. In that case, it is obligatory to believe in the Qur'an and reject these theories. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6281- تفسير قوله تعالى: والشمس تجري لمستقر لها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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