THE SUN ALSO MOVES ALONG
38-And the Sun moves on to its destination. That is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Knower
36-Ya Sin, 38
For a long time in the past men taught that the Earth was stationary and that the Sun revolved around the Earth. Afterward the theory advanced by Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo postulated that the Sun was stationary and that the Earth revolved about the Sun. This theory was certainly important had it not been for the error it contained, i.e. the assumption that the Sun had a fixed position.
Later, thanks to sohphisticated telescopes and the accumulation of cosmological data, it was concluded that the Earth revolved about the Sun in motion. This motion of the Sun had already been told 1400 years ago in the Quran. Contrary to the assertion that the Sun traced a vicious circle about the Earth or that it was stationary, 38th verse of the sura Ya Sin stated correctly that it moved onto its destination. Like in other subjects in this one also the Quran is the source that gave a correct account of the Sun’s motion.
THE METHOD OF THE QURAN AND THE METHOD OF SCIENCE
A book of science purports to demonstrate the theses it advances and the points of reference. The Quran has no claim to demonstrate the truth of its statements. The Quran is the message from the Creator of the Universe and describes the Universe in the word of its Creator, in a style different from that of a book on science. The fact that basic statements about the universe in the Quran were destined to come to light after the lapse of more than a millenium, that none of its statements contained errors show that the Quran is the book of the Creator of the Universe. The Quran makes final statements unlike a scientific treatise that tries to find answers to such inquiries into the whys, wherefores and hows and seeking corroborative proofs to theories advanced. The scientific method has to follow a well-known path before it formulates its postulates toward which the Quran draws a bee line.
We see that the devious ways of science differ from the direct communications of the Quran. Regardless of statements made, science must follow its own path consisting of stages. This is a consequence of the structure of scientific knowledge. As a matter of fact, the Quran promotes scientific research both upon the Earth and in the space. On the other hand, we are trying to juxtapose the Quranic statements and the secular scientific conclusions intending to create a contest between them. What we have been trying to get at is to draw the attention to the fact that the straighforward statements made in the Quran tally with the conclusion of science arrived at by following predetermined stages of research, thus proving the realization of what has been predicted in the Quran. The Quran’s origin is the Creator who is the Knower of everything. The information directly communicated by the Quran was inaccessible through scientific methods which would have recourse to the accumulation of data, formulas, observations and technical findings. The Creator of the universe and the rules governing it had already communicated the findings of science in the Quran.
THE SPEED OF THE SUN
The Sun moves at a speed of 700 000 km/h in the direction of the star Vega, following its orbital path referred to as Solar Apex. The fact that the Earth rotates around its own axis while revolving about the Sun, moving along with the Solar System.
The Sun rises every morning and sets every night. However, the points where it rises and sets are never the same. The Earh travels around the sun which moves in the universe without ever passing through the same point. To imagine that in the course of time elapsed from the time at which we started reading our book until now that we are reading this very page, the Sun and along with our world, have travelled a few thousand kilometers and that we have not been adversely affected by this motion in any way whatsoever may give use a clue of God’s greatness.
RISING POINTS OF THE SUN
5-The Lord of the heavens, and the earth and all that lies between them, and the Lord of the easts. (Places where the sun rise).
37- Who Stand in Row,5
Taskin Tuna expounds the fifth verse of the sura Who Stand in Row in the following words: “Our world moves in a variety of ways. It moves along with other systems without ever crossing again a given point on its path. Because of the fact that the earth has a spherical shape, the Sun that rises somewhere sets simultaneously somewhere else. Night and Day chase each other. Therefore we cannot speak of a given point from where the Sun rises, but rather of different points. The hour at dawn is different at every single point of our sphere. Every spot on the earth expects the rise of the Sun while it is a “rising” at different spots in the space. The Sun is the same Sun. The earth is the same earth, but its place in the space is different. This is Taskin Tuna’s ingenious account of the “places” at which the Sun rises mentioned in the Quran.
The Sun we behold every morning is a giant nuclear reactor. This reactor generated by conversion of hydrogen atoms into helium performs marvelously its task. We are continuing our journey in the space unaware of the immense speed of our source of life toward our predestined point. God’s omnipotence and the Quran’s miracles will unfold to those who take heed, who have an inquiring mind and are truthful in their approach to the Quranic verses.
43-And such are the parables we set forth for the people, but only those understand them who have knowledge.
29-The Female Spider, 43
