The Quran Mentions that the Sun Rotates about its Axis 1400 years ago - Dr Zakir Naik

The Quran Mentions that the Sun Rotates about its Axis 1400 years ago - Dr Zakir Naik

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Previously, the European scientist, they believed that the Earth was the centre of the Solar system and the Universe and all the planets as well as the Moon and the Sun, it revolved around the earth. This was called as 'Geocentricism'. And this was believed since the time of Ptolemy, in the second century BC, till as late as 16th century, until Nicholas Copernicus in 1512, he propounded the ‘Heliocentric’ theory of the planetary motion and he said, it is the Sun which is the centre of the Solar system. And all the planets as well as the earth it revolves around the Sun. And later on, a German scientist by the name of Yuhannas Kepler in 1609, he wrote in his book by the name of ‘Astronomia Nova’ that not only do the planets and the earth they revolve around the Sun, but they also rotate about their own axis. And when I was in school, I passed my school in 1982 about more than 25 years back; there I too read that the planets and earth they revolve around the Sun. And the planets and earth they rotated about their own axis. And the whole solar system also in the galaxy, it revolved, including the Sun but the Sun did not rotate about its own axis. In this context the Sun was stationery. But when I read the verse of the Qur’an in Surah Al-Anbiya, Chapter.No.21, Verse.No.33, which says: “Huwal Ladhi Khalaqal Layla Wan Nahara” “It is Allah who has created the night and the day” “Wash Shamsa Wal Qamar” “The Sun and the Moon” “Kullun Fi Falakin Yasbahun.” “Each one traveling in orbit, with its own motion’” So the Qur’an says the Sun and the Moon besides revolving they also rotate about their own axis. The Arabic word used here is ‘Yasbahoon’, derived from the Arabic word ‘Sabaha’, which describes the motion of a moving body. If I use this Arabic word ‘Yasbaha’ for a person moving on the floor, it will not mean that he is rolling - it will mean he is either walking or running. If I use this same word, for a person in the water, it will not mean he is floating, it will mean he is swimming. Similarly, when Allah (swt) uses this same word for a celestial body, it does not mean, that it is flying in the air, it means, it is moving along with its own rotation. It is rotating about its own axis. So Qur’an says, the Sun and the Moon besides revolving it also rotates about its own axis. And today science has discovered that even the Sun rotates. Since we can’t see the Sun directly. You’ll get blinded if you see directly. If we have an equipment, and have the image of the Sun on the table top, we find that there are spots in the Sun and it takes about 25 days for the spots to complete one rotation - indicating that the Sun takes approximately 25 days to complete one rotation. Imagine when I was in school I was thought that the Sun was stationary it didn’t rotate about its own axis & the Qur'an mentions 1400 years ago that it rotates. And now, Alhumdulillah, most of the schools have incorporated that the Sun also rotates.