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===The sun set into the murky water=== | ===The sun set into the murky water=== | ||
{{Main|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Controversy in the Qur'an}} | {{Main|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Controversy in the Qur'an}} | ||
The verse goes to explain that when a blessed man reached the location at the point of sundown, it looked like an eye of water with black/dark sand that has a bad smell. NASA cross sectional satellite imagery of the sundown from the upper layers of the earth's atmosphere show the same exact image described in the verse. You can find the pictures here,http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=44267 http://www.blogcdn.com/www.asylum.com/media/2010/06/sunset-space-584.jpg | |||
The Qur'an propagates the idea that the sun is smaller than the earth and assumes the sun goes to a black muddy pool. | 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}}| | {{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."}} | 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."}} Please note that verses cannot be directly translated, as Arabic and English do not share a root language, thus there will always be an error in translation. | ||
There has been pictures that support the verse | |||
=== Geocentricism=== | === Geocentricism=== | ||