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===Sun is a flat disc=== | ===Sun is a flat disc=== | ||
That arabic word in 81:1 is kuwwirat which means the sun is wrapped. Same word as 39.5 about the night wrapping the day and vice versa. It could be wrapped in anything in the Islamic worldview, or somehow wrapping itself. Can't prove this kind of thing false and it weakens the page, especially as it stands based on a particular translation using the word 'folded', so I removed it.[[User:Lightyears|Lightyears]] ([[User talk:Lightyears|talk]]) 21:10, 12 September 2016 (EDT) | That arabic word in 81:1 is kuwwirat which means the sun is wrapped. Same word as 39.5 about the night wrapping the day and vice versa. It could be wrapped in anything in the Islamic worldview, or somehow wrapping itself. Can't prove this kind of thing false and it weakens the page, especially as it stands based on a particular translation using the word 'folded', so I removed it.[[User:Lightyears|Lightyears]] ([[User talk:Lightyears|talk]]) 21:10, 12 September 2016 (EDT) | ||
===Night is a veil=== | |||
This section used the Yusuf Ali translation which takes the opposite view compared to nearly all others. This is how Pickthall translates it ('cover' is the most accurate translation for the verb too): | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|7|54}}|Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then mounted He the Throne. He covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to follow it}} | |||
The Arabic in this verse is somewhat ambiguous whether the day covers the night or the night covers the day. Most translators choose the former, and tafsirs take the view that it means both. Now it is still nonsense that day covers the night, but for now it needs a complete redesign if is to be added back, and may be too complex for this page. See the Counter-arguments section here [[Geocentrism and the Quran]] where 7:54 and related verses are discussed.[[User:Lightyears|Lightyears]] ([[User talk:Lightyears|talk]]) 21:48, 12 September 2016 (EDT) | |||
== Adding hadith on shooting stars == | == Adding hadith on shooting stars == | ||