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{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|56|831}}|Narrated Anas: "That the Meccan people requested Allah's Apostle to show them a miracle, and so he showed them the splitting of the moon."}} | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|56|831}}|Narrated Anas: "That the Meccan people requested Allah's Apostle to show them a miracle, and so he showed them the splitting of the moon."}} | ||
=== Sun and Moon are created for timekeeping, and Stars for navigation === | |||
Stars and the moon are, in fact, much older than mankind. But here their purpose is measuring time and finding our way. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|10|5}}|It is He Who made the Sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for her; that ye might know the number of years and the count [of time]. }} | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|2|189}}|They ask you concerning the new moon. Say: They are times appointed for (the benefit of) men, and (for) the pilgrimage; }} | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|6|96}}|He it is that cleaveth the day-break (from the dark): He makes the night for rest and tranquillity, and the sun and moon for the reckoning (of time): Such is the judgment and ordering of (Him), the Exalted in Power, the Omniscient. }} | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|6|97}}| And He it is Who hath set for you the stars that ye may guide your course by them amid the darkness of the land and the sea. }} | |||
===Seven Planets in the Universe=== | ===Seven Planets in the Universe=== | ||