Zakir Naik – Rotation of the Sun and the Moon in the Quran
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The confusion surrounding the definition of the Bible's concept of science is discussed, with the Bible stating that almighty God controls the universe but the Bible also describes the sun and the moon as rotating around the universe. The speaker argues that the definition of "perspect" in the Bible is not accurate, as the definition of the word "perspect" refers to the motion of the sun and the moon, not the rotation of the universe. The history of the universe and its scientific makeup are also discussed, with the responsibility of science being emphasized as proving the existence of Islam.
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Brother asked a question. He said that he
has read the Bible.
He quoted a few verses of the Bible
and of the Quran. Didn't give the reference.
He said that the Bible says that Almighty
God created day and the night in the
first day. What he's quoting is the first
book of the Bible, the book of Genesis,
chapter number 1, verse number 3.
It says that almighty God created the day
and the night
and on the 1st day.
And further, if you read in Genesis, chapter
number 1,
verse number 13 to 19, it says, Almighty
God created the sun on the 4th day.
I'm giving you the references also.
So doesn't this go against science? I do
agree with you. It goes against science.
And I had a debate with doctor William
Campbell in USA. Doctor William Campbell,
he's a missionary and a medical doctor
and got a PhD in writing a book
against the Quran. And in that
debate
on the Quran and the Bible and the
letter of science, even I posed this question,
even he couldn't answer. So I do agree
there's a problem in the Bible.
Now coming to your question, that the Quran
says that
almighty God controls the universe.
Regarding the bible, yes, I do agree with
you. Bible is against established science. Regarding your
question that Quran says almighty God controls the
universe,
you didn't say that sun rotates.
That. That's what I heard. If I'm asking
you to repeat, why aren't you repeating?
I heard that.
And it gave reference
chapter 21 verse 22. The reference is wrong.
The real reference is I'll tell you what.
The real reference is chapter 21 verse 33,
not 22. Verse 33. Here's the Quran.
I'm speaking from memory. I'm not a computer.
I'll give the reply, brother. After I reply,
whatever query you have, no problem, brother. You
ask, brother, you ask the question, let me
reply. After I finish my reply, you can
ask another 20 questions.
But you asked the question I was listening
to carefully. Now you listen to my answer
and after I finish my answer, if you
have any query you can ask, I will
give you enough time. You chairman doesn't agree.
I'll request him to give you time because
you are delighted to come here. We are
more delighted that you are here.
The brother said that the Quran says in
chapter
21, verse 22, it's actually verse 33, that
the sun rotates. What is quoting in the
verse of the Quran of Surah Ambiya chapter
21 verse 33? He says
It is Allah who has created night and
the day
sun and the moon
Each one driving in orbit with its own
motion. And this mistake was even taken out
by Tasima Nasreen.
You know Tasima Nasreen?
All of her?
From Bangladesh.
She said that if a book
believe that the sun rotates around the earth
then how can we advance? So the Quran
has to be changed.
The problem is that a view should be
changed and she should read the Quran correctly.
The Quran says
It is Allah who has created the night
and the day.
The sun and the moon.
Each one traveling in orbit with its own
motion. Nowhere does the Quran say that the
sun rotates or revolves around the earth. Nowhere.
What does the Quran say?
The sun and the moon rotate and revolve.
Nowhere does it stay around the earth. The
word arid is not there in this verse.
It says It
is Allah who has created night and
day. The sun and the moon.
Each one traveling in orbit with own motion.
When I was in school, I had learned
that the sun was stationary.
It did not rotate about its own axis.
It revolved in the universe. Those solar systems
are revolving. But I, when I passed my
school in 1982, I had learned the sun
was stationary, did not rotate. But this verse
of the Quran says, the Arabic word yazbuhun
is derived from the word sabaha, which describes
the motion of a moving body.
If I use this Arabic word sabaha for
a person on the floor, it will not
mean he's rolling, it will mean he's walking
or running. If I use this Arabic word
for a person in the water, it will
not mean he's floating, it will mean he's
swimming. When Allah uses this word for a
celestial body, it doesn't mean flying, it means
it is rotating about its own axis. So
Quran says the sun and the moon, besides
revolving,
they're also rotating about their own axis. When
I read the verse of the Quran, I
said, but I read it in my school
book, the sun does not rotate.
Today, science has advanced, and we come to
know we can have the image of the
sun on a tabletop. And we see that
the sun has got black spots. And these
black spots take about 25 days to complete
one notation, indicating the sun takes approximately 25
days to complete one rotation.
So what I learned in school
in 1982,
today's hand says it is wrong. Quran has
mentioned this not 20 years back, 400 years
back. What I learned in school 20 years
back.
The Quran says what I learned is wrong.
First, I got a shock. But then when
I did more research, I realized that the
Quran is right. Quran is not wrong. My
science book was wrong.
And
the where did she put the word earth
inside? I don't know. Does she know Arabic?
Can she read English? English translation doesn't say
that. She assumed that when the Quran says
the sun revolves, it revolves around the earth.
That's her assumption.
So her assumption is wrong. Alhamdulillah, Quran is
not wrong.
And I do agree with you that Allah,
Subhanahu wa ta'ala, he controls this universe. That's
the reason, according to Francis Bacon.
Francis Bacon is a great philosopher. He said,
little knowledge of science makes you an atheist
but in-depth knowledge of science makes you a
believer in one God. Hope that answers the
question.
Sir, I'm not sure the
chapter number. No problem. I I never criticized
you. I just tell I
I have to just tell the right thing
if you have given something wrong reference. But
someone who put it corrected you. I didn't
say that you have to know by heart.
Neither are you a computer. Neither am I
a computer. But I think
it is in the surah number 8.
I think
the sun is rotating earth. It's nowhere in
the Quran. I'm telling you the verse you're
quoting is surah Anbiya chapter 21 verse 33.
Even quoted by Tassim Al Nasrin and hundreds
of critics of Islam.
Nowhere in surah Anfal chapter does it say
that the sun, nowhere in the Quran it
says the sun rotates. The closest misunderstanding you
can have, if you don't know Arabic or
don't read the tazze correctly,
is So your first reference was very close.
Only 11 verses
difference. So your reference was right. Chapter number
was right, 21.
But the verse was not 22. It was
verse 33. Here's the Quran. Now
chapter number 21, verse 22.
God controls the universe.
God controls the universe. That's what I'm telling
you. Science hasn't advanced so far to come
to know about the reality of Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala. I've given the talk, is the
Quran God's word? And I've proved scientifically
the existence of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
I would request one of the volunteers to
present my video cassette to him. I request
that you can have one of the volunteers.
I'll give you a gift, a video cassette.
Is the Quran God's word? Which has mentioned
several scientific facts and has even proved scientifically
the existence of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Therefore,
today scientist,
top scientists are not
eliminating God. They are not they're eliminating models
of God. They're
not eliminating God, but eliminating models of God.
You understand? So today's scientists, top scientists in
the world,
they all believe in God. Most some may
have deviated, but most of them agree there
has to be creator
about the creation of the universe. Today, science
tells us, how did the universe come into
creation?
How?
By the big bang, correct? Yes. Yes, very
good. Big bang. That today scientists tell us
that first there was a primary nebula, the
whole universe, then there was
secondary separation, a big bang which gave rise
to galaxies, which gave rise to stars, the
planets, the sun, the moon and the earth
we live in. This is called the big
bang. When did you come to know about
this big bang?
20 years back, 30 years back, 40 years
back. Correct?
Allah says in the Quran in Suri Anbiya,
chapter number 21, verse number 30. Allah says
1400 years ago. Allah says that, do not
the unbelievers see
that the heaven and the earth will join
together?
Do not the unbelievers see
that the heaven and the earth will join
together and we clothe them asunder.
So Allah says that the heaven and the
earth were joined together and we closed them.
This big bang was today the scientists talk
about is mentioned in the Quran 1400 years
back in a nutshell. Who could have mentioned
this? That time Science wasn't advanced. Who?
The creator.
So like that I've given the full talk.
You can refer to my video cassette of
Quran modern science And it's the Quran God's
word. Insha Allah Insha Allah. If you watch
it with an open mind, you have to
be convinced that there's one God and he
is the creator of the universe.
Thank you.