Atheists in Quran (50) think about Earth’s Rotation

The Quran talks about Earth’s rotation saying:

Have you considered, if Allah were to make the night everlasting over you until the Day of Resurrection? Who is a god beside Allah who could bring you light? Moreover,

What would you think if Allah made daylight everlasting for you until the Day of Judgment without night? Who is a god beside Allah who could bring you night?

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Earth’s rotation is the rotation of the Earth around its own axis. The Earth rotates from the west towards the east in counter-clockwise movement.

The Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the sun.

Earth’s Rotation is the cause Day and Night.

Half of the Earth is daylight while, at the same time, the other half is dark night.

Watch this video of “Day and Night and Earth’s Rotation”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLl8sDZRSYg

Now let us see how the Quran has dealt with this scientific knowledge since more than 1400 years ago.

The Quran declares many times that Allah, the Almighty Creator, created the Earth.

Allah gave the Earth its features that causes seasons, night and day, earthquake, volcanic eruptions, fertile soil, Desertification etc.

The Earth submits totally to Allah’s will.

Allah commanded the Earth to rotate around its own axis from the west towards the east once in about 24 hours and the Earth obeyed.

What if Allah commands the Earth to stop its rotation around its axis?

What if Allah orders the Earth: Stop Rotation?

In this case,

• Half of the Earth that is facing the sun will be eternally daylight
• The other half will be eternally dark night

The verses 28:71-72 of the Noble Quran talk about this issue.

The verses take the Atheists and unbelievers on a round presenting them with scenes of the universe. The verses alert them to two great universal signs.

The daily two alternative miracles

In the physical world the Night and the Day are both blessings, the one for rest and the other for work, and the alternation itself is one of the mercies of Allah, and none but Allah can give us these blessings.

Because of their long familiarity with the succession of night and day, people forget their ever-renewing status. Rarely do they admire the sunrise or sunset, and only rarely do they reflect thoughtfully on the spreading of the day or the darkening that ushers in the night. They do not reflect on the act of grace that brings their succession with all that it involves of mercy and life renewal. The Quran alerts them from the long familiarity that blunts their senses and invites them to reflect on these great universal scenes. It presents them with the possibility of either the night or the day lasting forever, and the terrible consequences of either eventuality.

It is a fact that people seldom appreciate things until they lose them.

The meanings of the verses 28:71-72

Say, to them, O Muhammad: ‘Have you considered, if Allah were to make the night everlasting over you until the Day of Resurrection, what god other than Allah, could bring you daylight during which you could earn a living?

Will you not then listen to this in a way to understand it, and so repent and submit to Allah?

Will you not then hear?

Will you not obey He who made the day and the night for you?

People miss the light of day when the winter nights become a little longer, and cannot wait for the bright sun when it disappears for a few hours behind clouds. What will they do then if they lose its light completely, with the night stretching perpetually over their world?

This question supposes that they will remain alive in such an eventuality, when all life is in peril unless daylight is forthcoming.

Moreover,

Say also to them, O Muhammad: what do you think if Allah made daylight everlasting for you until the Day of Judgment without night, who is a god other than Allah who could, bring you night wherein you rest from any weariness?

Will you not then see the error you are upon when you do not believe and so repent of it.

Will you not believe He Who made the day and the night for you?

People look for the shade when the hours of day stretch and become very hot, and they look forward to the coming of the night when the days stretch longer in the summer. They enjoy their repose and rest in the night. All creatures need the night when they can renew the energy they spend during the day. What would happen to them then, should they remain alive, if the day is endlessly perpetuated until the Day of Judgment?

Indeed, all life could perish in a day that never ends.

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The verses 28:71-72 in different translations:

QARIB:

71-Say: ‘think! What if Allah should enshroud you in unceasing night till the day of resurrection, what god, other than Allah, shall bring you light! Will you not hear?’

72-Say: ‘what would you think if Allah should make the day unceasing over you till the day of resurrection, what god, other than Allah, shall bring you the night to sleep in. will you not see? ‘

SHAKIR:

71-Say: tell me, if Allah were to make the night to continue incessantly on you till the day of resurrection, who is the god besides Allah that could bring you light? Do you not then hear?

72-Say: tell me, if Allah were to make the day to continue incessantly on you till the day of resurrection, who is the god besides Allah that could bring you the night in which you take rest? Do you not then see?

PICKTHAL:

71-Say: have ye thought, if Allah made night everlasting for you till the day of resurrection, who is a god beside Allah who could bring you light? Will ye not then hear?

72-Say: have ye thought, if Allah made day everlasting for you till the day of resurrection, who is a god beside Allah who could bring you night wherein ye rest? Will ye not then see?

YUSUFALI:

71-Say: see ye? If Allah were to make the night perpetual over you to the day of judgment, what god is there other than Allah, who can give you enlightenment? Will ye not then hearken?

72-Say: see ye? if Allah were to make the day perpetual over you to the day of judgment, what god is there other than Allah, who can give you a night in which ye can rest? Will ye not then see?

This is Allah (53) Who Does Allah Seal up their Hearts?

Do the Disbelievers Feel Secure From the Coming of Allah’s Chastisement?

The Quran is the First Book That Talks About the Difference in the Time on the Earth

None Deems Himself Secure From Allah’s Scheme and Punishment Save the Losers

Allah Says: Does not the Destruction of the Ancient Nations Help the Deniers to Believe?

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Many people do not know Allah. This series is an attempt to help them to know their Creator.

Verses 7:97-100 of the Noble Quran talk about:

1) Do the Disbelievers feel secure from the coming of Allah’s chastisement?

2) None deems himself secure from Allah’s punishment save the disbelievers, the losers,

3) Who does Allah seal up their hearts?

4) None deems himself secure from Allah’s scheme and punishment save the disbelievers, the losers,

5) Allah says: does not the destruction of the ancient nations help the deniers to believe? And

6) the Quran is the first book that talks about the difference in the time on the earth.

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The meaning of verse 7:97

Do the people of the townships, the deniers, feel secure from the coming of Allah’s wrath, Allah’s might, Allah’s chastisement, upon them as a night-raid while they are sleeping? And are completely unaware of it?

 

The meaning of verse 7:98

Or, the people of the townships, the deniers, feel secure from the coming of Allah’s wrath, Allah’s might, Allah’s chastisement, upon them in the daytime while they are playing? Playing herein may be literally used or as they are engaging in falsehood.

This verse talks about the coming Allah’s chastisement.  It is said that Allah’s chastisement will come at a specific time.  At such a specific time, we know that the time in half of the earth is day time while the time in the other half of the earth is night time.  The disbelievers are in the two halves.

So, when Allah’s chastisement comes, the disbelievers are either in day time or in night time.

It is a miracle of the Noble Quran to speak out about the difference in the time on the earth at a specific hour in which Allah’s chastisement shall come.

This scientific fact has been discovered after the revelation of the Noble Quran by more than 1200 years.

Consequently, it is likely to assume that the Quran is the first book on the earth that talks about the difference in the time on the earth at a specific hour

 

The meaning of verse 7:99

And so do they feel secure from Allah’s plotting?, from Allah’s scheming? that is, His drawing them on by degrees, through graces, and then seizing them suddenly. None feels secure from Allah’s scheming but the people who are losers, disbelievers; None deems himself secure from Allah’s scheme and punishment save the disbelievers

 

The meaning of verse 7:100

Is it not an indication, is it not clear to those who inherit the land after the destruction of its people that, if He will, Allah can smite them, punish them for their sins as He punished many nations before them; and seals their hearts so that they do not hear the messages of guidance and do not believe in Muhammad or the Quran?

In other words, the verse says:

Has it not been shown, [has it not] become clear, to those who inherit the earth, as a [place of] habitation, after, the destruction of, those who inhabited it that, if Allah will, He could smite them, with chastisement, for their sins?, as He smote those before them?

And, Allah seals up their hearts so that they do not hear, the admonition, in a way so as to reflect.

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Verses 7:97-100 in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran:

QARIB:

97) Do the inhabitants of the villages feel secure from our might coming to them at night whilst they sleep?

98) Or do the inhabitants of the villages feel secure from our might coming to them in the midmorning while they play?

99) (In reply to your devising) do they feel secure from the devising of Allah? none feels secure from the devising of Allah except the loosing nation.

100) Is it not plain to those who inherit the earth after its inhabitants that if we willed we could smite them for their sins and set a seal upon their hearts, so that they do not hear.

 

SHAKIR:

97) What! do the people of the towns then feel secure from our punishment coming to them by night while they sleep?

98) What! do the people of the towns feel secure from our punishment coming to them in the morning while they play?

99) What! do they then feel secure from Allah’s plan? but none feels secure from Allah’s plan except the people who shall perish

100) Is it not clear to those who inherit the earth after its (former) residents that if we please we would afflict them on account of their faults and set a seal on their hearts so they would not hear

 

PICKTHAL:

97) Are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of our wrath upon them as a night-raid while they sleep?

98) Or are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of our wrath upon them in the daytime while they play?

99) Are they then secure from Allah’s scheme? none deemeth himself secure from Allah’s scheme save folk that perish.

100) Is it not an indication to those who inherit the land after its people (who thus reaped the consequence of evil-doing) that, if we will, we can smite them for their sins and print upon their hearts so that they hear not?

 

YUSUFALI:

97) Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of our wrath by night while they were asleep?

98) Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight while they played about (care-free)?

99) Did they then feel secure against the plan of Allah?- but no one can feel secure from the plan of Allah, except those (doomed) to ruin!

100) To those who inherit the earth in succession to its (previous) possessors, is it not a guiding, (lesson) that, if we so willed, we could punish them (too) for their sins, and seal up their hearts so that they could not hear?

This is Allah (50) Allah’s Mercy is Near to the Righteous

Allah Does Not Love the Aggressors in Their Supplications

How To Call Upon Allah? Openly or in Secret; in Fear or in Hope?

Could Allah Have Created the Heavens and the Earth in an Instant Instead of Six Days?

Thorne in English and Arsh in Arabic

The Stars, the Sun, and the Moon Have Been Made Subservient by Allah’s Command

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This series is an attempt to help you to know  Allah your Creator.

Verses 7:54-56 of the Noble Quran talk about:

1) Allah’s Mercy is near to the righteous,

2) Allah does not love the aggressors in their supplications,

3) How to call upon Allah? Openly or in secret; in fear or in hope?,

4) Could Allah have created the heavens and the earth in an instant instead of six days? And

5) the stars, the sun, and the moon have been made subservient by Allah’s command.

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The meaning of verses 7:54-56

The meaning of verse 7:54

Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, each day the equivalent of a thousand years. Had He willed He could have created them in an instant; but the reason for His not having done so is that He wanted to teach His creatures to be circumspect. 

Then Allah presided upon the Throne, a presiding befitting of Him.

He cloaks the night with the day, that is, He covers each one with the other: each following the other in swift pursuit, i.e. the day is in haste to follow the night and the night is in haste to follow the day,

And the sun and the moon and the stars have been made subservient, have been subdued, by His command, by His power.

His verily is all creation, the creation of the heavens and the earth (and what are between them) and His verily is all the commandments i.e. the judgment of people on the Day of Judgment.

Blessed, Magnified, be Allah, the Possessor of grace; it is also said that this means: elevated is Allah; as it is said that this means: far exalted is Allah, the Lord, the Master of the Worlds!

 

The meaning of verse 7:55

O mankind! Call upon your Lord respectfully openly and in secret.  In other words, call upon your Lord humbly, in subservience, and quietly, in secret. Truly, He does not love the aggressors, who are braggarts and loud-mouthed in their supplications.  In other words, He does not love the aggressors, in their supplications, by calling for that which is not permissible for them against the righteous.

 

The meaning of verse 7:56

And work not corruption in the land, through idolatry, sins and invitation to other than Allah and acts of disobedience, after it has been set right, as a result of the sending forth of messengers to it, and call upon Him, worship Him in fear, of His punishment and His torment, and in hope, of His mercy that you shall enter His Paradise. Surely the mercy of Allah is near to the virtuous, the obedient.  In other words, Lo! the mercy of Allah, the Paradise of Allah is nigh unto the good, the believers who are good in their words and works.

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Verses 7:54-56in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran:

Verse 7:54

QARIB:

54) Your Lord is Allah, who, in six days created the heavens and the earth, and then willed to the throne. he throws the veil of night over the day. swiftly they follow one another. the sun, the moon, and the stars are compelled to his order. his is the creation, his is the command. blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

55) Supplicate to your Lord with humility and in secret. he does not love the transgressors.

56) Do not make mischief in the earth after it has been put right. pray to him with fear and hope; his mercy is near to the righteous.

 

SHAKIR:

54) Surely your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, and he is firm in power; he throws the veil of night over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and (he created) the sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by his command; surely his is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds

55) Call on your Lord humbly and secretly; surely he does not love those who exceed the limits

56) And do not make mischief in the earth after its reformation, and call on him fearing and hoping; surely the mercy of Allah is nigh to those who do good (to others)

 

PICKTHAL:

54) Lo! Your Lord is Allah who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then mounted he the throne. he covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by his command. his verily is all creation and commandment. blessed be Allah, the Lord of the worlds!

55) (O mankind!) call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. lo! he loveth not aggressors.

56) Work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering (thereof). and call on him in fear and hope. lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto the good.

 

YUSUFALI:

54) Your guardian-Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): he draweth the night as a veil o’er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: he created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under his command. is it not his to create and to govern? blessed be Allah, the cherisher and sustainer of the worlds!

55) Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds.

56) Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, but call on him with fear and longing (in your hearts): for the mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good.

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N.B.:

Arsh in the classical Arabic language is throne,

Al- Arsh means the throne 

Literally, Al- Arsh means the elevated seat on which a king sits.