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PRESENTS
Astronomical errors in the Koran.
From astronomical studies, we know more about the universe than ever
before. There are billions of stars in countless galaxies, of which more are
being discovered all the time. The closest star is 4.5 light years away and the farthest
stars and galaxies are countless billions of light years away.
Some these stars are very small (such as the white dwarf which is roughly the
size of the earth), while others are massively larger than the sun.
If these big stars were closer to earth, they would drag probably
our whole solar system into their orbit, and the heat would destroy
life on earth. Our very survival depends on these stars keeping their
distance!!!
Let us examine, then, what the Qur'an tells us about the stars and where
they are in distance from the earth. We are told that above the earth there are
seven heavens/firmaments, each above the other (Qur'an 2:29; 37:6-7; 67:3;
71:15). But we are then told that the sun and
the stars are inside the lowest heaven (37:6-7; 67:5; 78:12-13)!1*
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moon is within all seven heavens koran 71:16 This means that the first heaven,
including stars and the sun is closer to earth then the moon! This means that
the earth would be burnt till ashes if the sun and the stars were so close the
earth!!!
The Qur'an is telling us that the stars are very small, and they
are inside the sky, or at least the equivalent distance that the sun is
from the earth. The lowest heaven means the closest part to the earth.
Nevertheless, the Qur'an's reference to seven heavens has been hailed by
numerous Muslims as a great scientific insight. Harun Yahya, a popular Muslim
apologist well known for his creationist, anti-evolution booklets and
assertions that the Qur'an has scientific miracles, looks at this. In his Miracles
of the Qur'an, he claims that the Qur'an is giving us insightful scientific
instruction on what scientists only discovered in the 20th century: that the
earth's atmosphere has seven layers (i.e., the stratosphere, ionosphere,
exosphere, etc). However, Yahya completely ignores that the Qur'an also
says, to be consistent with such a claim, that stars we
see are to be found in the lowest levels of our atmosphere!
But we find even more errors regarding stars that ought to be of
interest to astronomers. We read that this god has, "...set out
constellations in the heavens... And moreover we have guarded them from every
accursed Satan. But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a fiery
comet..." (Qur'an 15:16-19; see also 37:6-7; 67:5). The Qur'an
is telling us that stars and comets chase after evil spirits. It seems
strange in any case, that these evil spirits (that Islam teaches are there to
cause man mischief) are also millions of light years away,
letting themselves be chased by enormous stars and comets, when they could be
perfectly safe on earth.
The Qur'an tells us about the prophet Abraham. Like Jews and
Christians, they believe he was an historical character. Muslims assert
that the Qur'an is the most accurate historical record of all prophets. After
telling us that Abraham survived the flood that was in Noah's time (Qur'an
37:79-83), we read that, "Then did he cast a glance at the Stars, and
he said, "I am indeed sick at heart." So they turned away from
him and departed" (37:88-90). Because Abraham felt sick, the stars all
fled from his presence.
The
sun moves around the earth.
The Qur'an talks of the earth in terms as if it were stationary,
with the sun and stars moving around the earth (Qur'an 2:258;
21:33; 36:40; 52:49; 53:1). "It is he who created the night and
the day, and the sun and the moon: all (celestial bodies) swim along, each in
it's rounded course" (21:33). We know today that the sun is far
bigger than the earth, and is drawing the round earth in it's orbit.
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Last update: 6. april 2008
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