{"id":6849,"date":"2024-07-10T07:44:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/a-scientific-error-in-the-quran\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:49:13","slug":"a-scientific-error-in-the-quran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/a-scientific-error-in-the-quran\/","title":{"rendered":"A Scientific Error In The Qur&#8217;an?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>My question is regarding the following verse of the Qur\u2019an:<\/p>\n<div>It is not  permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can the Night outstrip  the Day: Each swims along in [its own] orbit [according to law]. (36:40)<\/div>\n<div>The sun does not have an orbit. This is a proven scientific fact. Please clarify.<\/div>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>The  referred to verse does not provide a scientific explanation of the  phenomenon of the solar system or anything else. Rather it only  communicates that the sun cannot leave its path and the night cannot  come earlier even a split second of its prescribed time. <\/p>\n<div>The words \u2018each swims along in [its own] orbit\u2019 is not a very accurate translation of the Arabic words: \u2018\u0643\u064f\u0644\u0651 \u0641\u0650\u064a \u0641\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0643 \u064a\u064e\u0633\u0652\u0628\u064e\u062d\u064f\u0648\u0652\u0646\u2019 The word \u2018\u0641\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0643\u2019 means \u2018a prescribed path\u2019 \u2013 which may be circular, ovular, longitudinal or of any other shape. <\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-21<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6849\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My question is regarding the following verse of the Qur\u2019an:<\/p>\n<div>It is not  permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can the Night outstrip  the Day: Each swims along in [its own] orbit [according to law]. (36:40)<\/div>\n<div>The sun does not have an orbit. This is a proven scientific fact. 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