| Before dealing with the topic of the running Sun in | | | | Isaiah 30:26 |
| Quran versus Bible versus Sciences, it is essential to | | | | Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light |
| give some statistical hints. | | | | of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be |
| The total words in the Bible are 788,280 while total | | | | sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that |
| words in the Quran are 77,473. It follows that, the | | | | the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and |
| Bible is more than 10 times the Quran word-wise. In | | | | healeth the stroke of their wound. |
| other words, the Bible has the potential of more than | | | | The healing in the wings of the Sun according to: |
| 10 times than the Quran to exhibit its topics. | | | | Malachi 4:2 |
| Back to the Sun, it is mentioned more than 170 times | | | | But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of |
| in the Bible and 32 times in the Quran, i.e. the Bible | | | | righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye |
| mentions the Sun more than five times versus the | | | | shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. |
| Quran. | | | | The Sun in the Noble Quran |
| The Sun in the Bible: | | | | The Quran tells us that Allah the Almighty created |
| We can not interpret all the verses of the Sun in the | | | | the Sun which is a sign that indicates the Power and |
| Bible, I have picked some of them; however, the | | | | the Mercy of Allah. |
| reader can search this topic to find out by himself | | | | I will give the reader only one verse (Surah 36:38) |
| that there is no relation between the Biblical sun and | | | | which according to my own translation says in its first |
| the Sun that we know as regards the scientific | | | | half: |
| points of view. | | | | "And the Sun is running to its "Mustaqarr" |
| The sun does not go down for the poor as | | | | This verse is translated by some scholars as: |
| mentioned in: | | | | "And the Sun runs (on course) unto a resting place. |
| Deuteronomy 24:15 | | | | That is the Decree of the Exalted in Might, the All |
| At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall | | | | Knowing." (36:38) |
| the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth | | | | Others translate this verse as: |
| his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the | | | | "And the Sun runs her course for a period |
| LORD, and it be sin unto thee. | | | | determined for her: that is the decree of (Him) the |
| The sun stood still, according to: | | | | exalted in Might the All-Knowing." |
| Joshua 10:13 | | | | In these translations, the Arabic word "Mustaqarr" is |
| And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until | | | | translated to a "period determined" or a "resting |
| the people had avenged themselves upon their | | | | place". |
| enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? | | | | However, "Mustaqarr" does literally mean to dwell in |
| So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and | | | | for a specific period in a certain place. |
| hasted not to go down about a whole day. | | | | Hence the Quran describes three important issues as |
| The sun and moon stood still as described by: | | | | regards the Sun in four words: |
| Habakkuk 3:10-12 | | | | First, the Sun is running. |
| 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the | | | | From the Scientific point of view, we know that the |
| overflowing of the water passed by: the deep | | | | Sun runs with a speed of about 12 miles per second. |
| uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. | | | | Second, the Sun is dwelling in what we call the Solar |
| 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at | | | | system and the Solar Apex. |
| the light of thine arrows they went, and at the | | | | Third, the Sun has to reach its determined position or |
| shining of thy glittering spear. | | | | place in a determined period of time. |
| 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, | | | | Modern Scientists could determine the "Mustaqarr" of |
| thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. | | | | the Sun according to its speed and can expect its |
| The LORD God is a sun and shield as mentioned in: | | | | predetermined positions in a specific period of times. |
| Psalm 84:11 | | | | They would be able to do their job with minimal |
| For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will | | | | errors. |
| give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold | | | | However, Allah, the Almighty knows precisely with |
| from them that walk uprightly. | | | | absolutely no errors the exact "Mustaqarr" of the |
| The sun is ashamed according to: | | | | Sun. |
| Isaiah 24:23 | | | | All of these three scientific principles about the sun |
| Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun | | | | are described in the original Arabic language in four |
| ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in | | | | words. |
| mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients | | | | My question to the intellectual fair one: Is the Quran |
| gloriously. | | | | quoted from the Bible? The Bible which says that the |
| The sun is ashamed and confounded as described by: | | | | sun does not go down for the poor, the sun stood |
| Jeremiah 15:9 | | | | still, the sun is ashamed and confounded, the light of |
| She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath | | | | the moon shall be as the light of the sun or the |
| given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it | | | | Quran which says that the sun is running to its |
| was yet day: she hath been ashamed and | | | | "Mustaqarr". |
| confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to | | | | On the other hand, Allah, the Almighty not only |
| the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. | | | | knows precisely with absolutely no errors the exact |
| The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun | | | | "Mustaqarr" of the Sun but also does know exactly |
| (that is impossible from the scientific point of view) | | | | our "Mustaqarr" in the afterlife. So, the wise one has |
| as mentioned in: | | | | to be ready for that day. |