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{{Quote|{{Quran|81|1}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|81|1}}| | ||
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up}} | When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up}} | ||
===The similar size and distance of the sun and moon=== | |||
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The Qur'an has statements about the end of the world that are much as one would expect if the author believed the sun and moon to be of similar size and a similar distance from Earth. | |||
{{Quote|{{cite quran|75|8|end=9|style=ref}}|And the moon darkens And the sun and the moon are joined,}} | |||
The word translated "are joined" is Arabic jumi'a, a verb which means to collect together, gather together, bring together. Given that this would actually require the moon to travel 98 million miles away from Earth and into the sun, which dwarfs it by over 600 times in diameter, it seems vastly less fitting as an apocalyptic event than if the ancient conception of the cosmos was correct. | |||
===Sky is a Tent/Dome=== | ===Sky is a Tent/Dome=== | ||