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{{Quote|{{Quran|31|29}}|'''Hast thou not seen''' how Allah causeth the night to pass into the day and causeth the day to pass into the night, and hath subdued the sun and the moon (to do their work), each running unto an appointed term; and that Allah is Informed of what ye do?}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|31|29}}|'''Hast thou not seen''' how Allah causeth the night to pass into the day and causeth the day to pass into the night, and hath subdued the sun and the moon (to do their work), each running unto an appointed term; and that Allah is Informed of what ye do?}} | ||
Notice also that the running / | Notice also that the sun running / pursuing its course ([http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume2/00000051.pdf yajree] يَجْرِىٓ) is something that the author expects people to have seen (another problem for the galactic orbit interpretation). | ||
{{Quote|{{cite quran|91|1|end=2|style=ref}}}| | {{Quote|{{cite quran|91|1|end=2|style=ref}}}| | ||
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===The Heavens can be Rolled Up=== | ===The Heavens can be Rolled Up=== | ||
These verses imply that the heavens have two dimensional surfaces. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|21|104}}|The Day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolleth up a written scroll. }} | {{Quote|{{Quran|21|104}}|The Day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolleth up a written scroll. }} | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|39|67}}|No just estimate have they made of Allah, such as is due to Him: On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: Glory to Him! High is He above the Partners they attribute to Him!}} | |||
===The Stars Will Fall=== | ===The Stars Will Fall=== | ||
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{{Main|Responses_to_Zakir_Naik#Water_Cycle_in_the_Qur.27an|l1=Water Cycle in the Qur'an}} | {{Main|Responses_to_Zakir_Naik#Water_Cycle_in_the_Qur.27an|l1=Water Cycle in the Qur'an}} | ||
Every verse about rain in the Qur'an implies that rain comes either directly from the sky or from Allah. However the crucial step of evaporation of water into the air is conspicuously never mentioned, despite apologetics claiming that the water cycle is described in the Qur'an. | Every verse about rain in the Qur'an implies that rain comes either directly from the sky or from Allah. However the crucial step of evaporation of water into the air is conspicuously never mentioned, despite apologetics claiming that the water cycle is described in the Qur'an. Condensation of water is never mentioned. This means that the author of the Qur'an believed in clouds and rainfall as a linear process orchestrated by Allah as opposed to a cyclic process. | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|43|11}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|43|11}}| | ||