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The “uniting” of the sun and the moon not only demonstrate a singular instance when they do “catch up” with each other, but suggests that its author assumed the common perception that the sun and moon are of comparable size and distance. | The “uniting” of the sun and the moon not only demonstrate a singular instance when they do “catch up” with each other, but suggests that its author assumed the common perception that the sun and moon are of comparable size and distance. | ||
===The stars, planets, and meteors === | ===The stars, planets, and meteors=== | ||
It is not obvious from the [[Mistranslations of Islamic Scripture (English)|translations]] of the Qur'an that the authors of the Qur'an actually distinguished between stars and planets, as the same word is often translated to mean either. But as ancient peoples generally knew that planets were different from ordinary stars (they moved) it is a safe assumption that the earliest Muslims were equally aware. | It is not obvious from the [[Mistranslations of Islamic Scripture (English)|translations]] of the Qur'an that the authors of the Qur'an actually distinguished between stars and planets, as the same word is often translated to mean either. But as ancient peoples generally knew that planets were different from ordinary stars (they moved) it is a safe assumption that the earliest Muslims were equally aware. | ||
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*[[Cosmology]] | *[[Cosmology]] | ||
== References == | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Cosmology]] | |||
[[Category:Islam and Science]] | |||