Does the earth revolve around the sun as in the geography lesson? Is this in agreement with what is in the Qur'an, or is the Qur'an contrary to it?

The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

The Shaykh : You have no concern with it, you have no concern with it...

The Shaykh : A question regarding... the subject of geography that is taught in schools...

The Shaykh : What? The subject?

The questioner : Geography.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Do you remember that the earth is the center of the universe and the sun revolves around it?

The Shaykh : That the earth?

The questioner : Is the center of the universe...

The Shaykh : The earth?

The questioner : Yes, and the sun revolves around it.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : So is this in agreement with what is found in the Qur'an?

The Shaykh : I mean, what is in the Qur'an.

The questioner : The evidence for

The Shaykh : that the earth is the center and the sun revolves around it, the evidence is the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He): So Allah attributed the rising and setting to the sun, and attributed to it the moving away and the cutting off. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: So the apparent meaning of the Qur'an is that the sun is what revolves around the earth, and it is obligatory for us to take this apparent meaning, because the One who spoke of this is the Creator (Mighty and Majestic), and He knows His creation better than anyone else. It is not possible for us to deny this and resort to the saying of the moderns that the earth is what revolves, and by its revolution the difference between night and day occurs, unless we know with certain knowledge that this is the reality. In that case, we interpret the verses from their apparent meaning to what agrees with this reality. As for their mere saying, we counter their saying with the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the Creator, and we say the earth is the center, and the sun revolves around it, and the moon revolves around it, and the stars revolve around it. This is not what is found in the books of the later astronomers, who are known for saying that the earth is what revolves, and by its revolution the difference between night and day occurs. But this is not accepted unless we know it as we know the clothes on our bodies, because it is not possible to contradict the apparent meanings of the Qur'an and the Sunnah for the speech of any human being. Even the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abu Dharr when the sun had set: This is explicit that the sun is what disappears, and it is what goes away. So why do we leave this? If it is the Day of Resurrection and the person stands between the hands of Allah and his belief is contrary to that, what is his argument with Allah? The saying of so-and-so and so-and-so is no argument. So it is obligatory for us to take the apparent meaning of the Qur'an and the Sunnah in this matter, unless we know with the certainty of knowledge, as we know the clothes on our bodies, that the earth is what revolves and by its revolution the difference between night and day occurs. In that case, we accept it, and then we have the leeway to interpret the Book and the Sunnah to what agrees with the reality, because the Qur'an and the Sunnah do not contradict reality. Yes.