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ORBITS DESCRIBED IN THE QUR'AN
Above, we have stated that the heavenly bodies are in motion in
space. These movements are fully controlled and all bodies move in a
computed orbit. In the Qur'an, certain verses referring to the sun and the
moon run as follows: "The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly)
computed". (Surat ar-Rahman, 5) "It is not for the sun to catch up the
moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. Each (just) swims along in (its
own) orbit." (Surah Yasin, 40) Another verse to the same effect declares:
It is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon.
They swim along, each in an orbit. (Surat al-Anbiya, 33)

According to a currently acknowledged theory, massive and volumi-
nous bodies in the universe exert a gravitational force on smaller bodies.
For example, the moon makes an orbit around the earth, which has a big-
ger volume. The earth and other planets in the solar system move in an
orbit around the sun. There exists a still bigger system around which the
solar system makes an orbit. The most critical point in all these details is
that none of the stars, planets and other bodies in space make an uncon-
trolled move, cut across each other's orbit, or hit one another.
The Qur'an signifies the harmonious movement of these bodies as fol-
lows:
By the sky full of paths and orbits. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 7)

The sun, as one of the billions of stars in the universe, travels more
than 17 million kilometers a day in space. This journey of the sun is
referred to by Allah as follows:
And the sun runs on unto a resting-place for him. That is the decree of
(Him), the Exalted in Might, the All-Knowing. (Surah Yasin, 38)

THE CANOPY WELL GUARDED

We have made the sky a canopy well guarded and (yet) they turn aside
from its signs. (Surat al-Anbiya, 32)
Almost everyone has seen the pictures of the moon's surface. The sur-
face structure is very uneven due to the countless meteors that have fallen

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