Geocentrism and the Quran: Difference between revisions

Geocentrism and the Quran (view source)

Revision as of 21:30, 4 March 2016

1,004 bytes removed , 4 March 2016

→‎Primary Evidence: Maybe contentious, but the hadiths and scientist only appear right at the end in a minor role so I've removed the preamble, which is partly duplicated there anyway. Better to shorten, get right into it before the reader gets bored.

(View all pending changes)

[checked revision]

Lightyears

Editors, em-bypass-2, Reviewers, rollback, Administrators

2,743

edits

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 ==Primary Evidence==
-The evidence for the Qur'an’s geocentricity will be dealt with in several paragraphs, supported by evidence from the Qur'an, Muslim daily practice, Muslim scientists and the [[Hadith]].
+The following is a list of what makes the Qur'an geocentric. A detailed discussion and further evidence follows in the rest of the article.
-Even though some Muslims reject the Hadith and the [[Sunnah]] as being not-divinely inspired; that argument presupposes a priori that the Qur'an is divinely inspired and protected whilst these other documents are not. Obviously, such special pleading will not do in a scholarly examination of the Qur'an. The Qur'an alone cannot prove itself to be Prophet [[Muhammad|Muhammad’s]] words (let alone the words of [[Allah]]) without the support of hadiths. Not only are these sources useful as supporting evidence; they also indicate which interpretation is supported by Muhammad and (early) Muslims. This is also why this article includes the views of several medieval Muslim Astronomers: if the Qur'an had clearly described a cosmology that is not geocentric, they would simply not hold geocentric views. In addition, this article even includes the opinions of a modern-day Muslim astronomer.
-The following is a list of what makes the Qur'an geocentric:
 # It is very clear from the Qur'an and scientific observations that the moon makes rounds around the earth. The Qur'an mentions the sun and the moon in such a way as if they are following each other. The courses taken by both the sun and moon are visible to the people addressed in the Qur'an.