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==Astronomy==
==Astronomy==


===Context explaining 'errors' ===
===The sun set into the murky water===
 
{{Main|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Controversy in the Qur'an}}
The sun is one of hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The galaxy is
composed of gaseous interstellar medium, neutral or ionized, sometimes concentrated into  
dense gas clouds made up of atoms molecules, and dust. All of the matter -- gas, dust, and
stars -- rotate around a central axis perpendicular to the galactic plane. The centrifugal force
caused by the rotation balances out the gravitational force, which draw all the matter toward the centre.
 
 
All stars in the galaxy rotate around a galactic centre but not with the same period. Stars at the
centre have a shorter period than those farther out. The Sun is located in the outer partof the galaxy. The
speed of the solar system due to the galactic rotation is about 220 km/s. he disk of stars in the Milky
Way is about 100,000 light years across and the sun is located
about 30,000 light years from the galaxy's center. Based on a distance of 30,000 light years
and a speed of 220 km/s, the Sun's orbit around the centre of the Milky Way once every 225
million years. The period of time is called a cosmic year. The Sun has orbited the galaxy,
more than 20 times during its 5 billion year lifetime. The motions of the period are
studied by measuring the positions of lines in the galaxy spectra.
 
When the Quran talks about the earth being 'fixed' it is perhaps referring to the nature of gravity and humans being fixed to the eath as opposed to floating around.
 


The Qur'an propagates the idea that the sun is smaller than the earth and assumes the sun goes to a black muddy pool.


{{Quote|{{Quran|18|86}}|
Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness."}}


=== Geocentricism===
=== Geocentricism===
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==Biology==
==Biology==
===Context explaining the 'errors'===
All the information from the Qur’an and the undisputed Hadith concerning embryology so
gathered, after being translated into English and presented to Prof. (Dr.) Keith Moore, Professor of
Embryology and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Toronto, in canada. At
present he is one of the highest authorities in the field of Embryology.
He was asked to give his opinion regarding the material presented to him. After carefully
examining it, Dr. Moore said that most of the information concerning embryology mentioned in
the Qur’an and the undisputed Hadith is in perfect conformity with modern discoveries in the
field of embryology and does not conflict with them in any way. He added that there were a few
verses however, on whose scientific accuracy he could not comment. He could not say whether
the statements were true or false, since he was himself unaware of the information contained
therein. There was also no mention of this information in modern writings and studies on
embryology.
One such verse is:
“Proclaim! (or Read!) In the name of thy Lord
and Cherisher, Who created – Created man, out of a (mere)
clot of congealed blood.”
[Al-Qur’an 96:1-2]
The Arabic word alaq, besides meaning a congealed clot of blood, also means
something that clings, a leech-like substance.
Dr. Keith Moore had no knowledge whether an embryo in the initial stages appears like a leech.
To check this out he studied the initial stage of the embryo under a very powerful microscope
and compared what he observed with the diagram of a leech. He was astonished at the striking
resemblance between the two!
Dr. Keith Moore answered about eighty questions dealing with embryological data mentioned
in the Qur’an and Hadith. Noting that the information contained in the Qur’an and Hadith was
in full agreement with the latest discoveries in the field of embryology, Prof. Moore said, “If I
was asked these questions thirty years ago, I would not have been able to answer half of them
for lack of scientific information”.
In 1981, during the Seventh Medical Conference in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Dr. Moore said, “It
has been a great pleasure for me to help clarify statements in the Qur’an about human
development. It is clear to me that these statements must have come to Muhammad from God
or Allah, because almost all of this knowledge was not discovered until many centuries later.
This proves to me that Muhammad must have been a messenger of God or Allah.
Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson, Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, at the
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, U.S.A., proclaims: “...these Hadiths, sayings of
Muhammad (pbuh), could not have been obtained on the basis of the scientific knowledge that
was available at the time of the writer (implying in the 7th century). It follows that not only is
there no conflict between genetics and religion (implying Islam) but in fact religion (Islam) may
guide science by adding revelation to some of the traditional scientific approaches . . . there
exist statements in the Qur’an shown centuries later to be valid which support knowledge in the
Qur’an having been derived from God.”
In embryonic stages, the reproductive organs of the male and female, i.e. the testicles and the
ovaries, begin their development near the kidney between the spinal column and the eleventh
and twelfth ribs. Later they descend; the female gonads (ovaries) stop in the pelvis while the
male gonads (testicles) continue their descent before birth to reach the scrotum through the
inguinal canal. Even in adulthood after the descent of the reproductive organs, these organs
receive their nerve supply and blood supply from the Abdominal Aorta, which is in the area
between the backbone (spinal column) and the ribs. The lymphatic drainage and the venous
return also go to the same area.


===Sperm comes from between the spine/backbone and ribs===
===Sperm comes from between the spine/backbone and ribs===
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