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Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had appointed no shelter therefrom. }} | Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had appointed no shelter therefrom. }} | ||
Centuries after Muhammad lived, | Centuries after Muhammad lived, commentators with better astronomical knowledge introduced interpretations of these verses such that Dhu'l-Qarnayn only traveled until he reached "the west" or to a spot "at the time" when the sun set and not the "place" where the sun set. However, these alternative interpretations are severely undermined by the [[Dhul-Qarnayn_and_the_Sun_Setting_in_a_Muddy_Spring_-_Part_One#First_interpretation:_He_reached_the_west_and_east|context and Arabic words used in these verses]], which instead point to physical locations where the sun did its setting and rising. A plethora of evidence shows that the early Muslims understood the verse in this straightforward way. | ||
===Earth and heavens created in six days=== | ===Earth and heavens created in six days=== | ||