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Some modern Islamic scholars have argued that these verses refer to the seven layers of the atmosphere. However, {{Quran|37|6}} states that stars occupy the nearest heaven. Additionally, there are 5 rather than 7 principal layers to the [[W:Atmosphere of Earth|Earth's atmosphere]], and likewise only 5 rather than 7 major layers to the [[w:Structure_of_Earth|Earth itself]]. | Some modern Islamic scholars have argued that these verses refer to the seven layers of the atmosphere. However, {{Quran|37|6}} states that stars occupy the nearest heaven. Additionally, there are 5 rather than 7 principal layers to the [[W:Atmosphere of Earth|Earth's atmosphere]], and likewise only 5 rather than 7 major layers to the [[w:Structure_of_Earth|Earth itself]]. | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|37|6}}| Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment, the stars}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|37|6}}| Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment, the stars}}And other verses such as: | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|67|5}}|And We adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and made them things to stone Satans; and We have prepared for them the chastisement of the Blaze.}} | |||
The above verses also state that stars are in the lowest/nearest heaven, yet the Earth is never described as being in the lowest/nearest heaven as you might expect given our modern understanding of the universe. (I.e. as Earth being a relatively minuscule ball in the cosmos - being the 3rd planet in our Inner Solar System, of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, as part of the Virgo Supercluster, which is part of the wider Laniakea Supercluster (which it itself one of many),<ref>https://aaa.org/2022/08/01/our-cosmic-address-where-is-earth-situated-in-the-univers</ref> being surrounded by the same things that other stars and planets are). | |||
But rather it is described as a separate entity that was split from the heavens ([https://quranx.com/21.30 Quran 21:30]). | |||
===Implied similar size and distance of the sun and moon=== | ===Implied similar size and distance of the sun and moon=== | ||