Solar System
Oleh nadzri76 The Sun and Moon. Whereas the Bible talks of the sun and the moon as two lights differing only in size, the Qur’an disting uishes between them by the use of different terms: light (noor) for the moon, and lamp (siraaj) for the sun. "Did you see how Allah created seven heavens, one above the other, and made in them the moon a light and the sun a lamp?" Qur’an, 78:12-13 The moon is an inert body which reflects light, whereas the sun is a celestial body in a state of permanent combustion producing both light and heat. Stars and Planets The word ‘star’ (najm) in the Qur’an ( 86:3 ) is accompanied by the adjective thaaqib which indicates that it burns and consumes itself as it pierces through the shadows of the night. It was much later discovered that stars are heavenly bodies producing their own light like the sun. In the Qur’an, a different word, kawkab, is used to refer to the pla nets which are celestial bodies that reflec...