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Miracles Of The Quran
THE ORBIT OF THE MOON
The word "Qamar," a direct reference to the Moon, appears a total of
27 times. The elliptical orbit of the Moon around the Earth also takes 27
days. But this is not a number that someone looking from Earth could ac-
tually determine. Because there is
a 29-day period between full
moons, it used to be thought it
took the Moon this amount of
time to travel around the Earth.
However, the reality is that whilst
the Moon revolves around the
Earth, the Earth is also orbiting
This photograph of the Earth, taken by the Sun. Interestingly, because of
Bill Anders, one of the crew of Apollo 8,
on December 24, 1968, was taken from the the movement of the Earth, the
surface of the Moon. (NASA) Moon completes its orbit with a
delay of 2 days. This is another
reference in the Qur'an consistent with modern astronomical findings.
(Allah knows the truth.)
Number of times the word "Moon" appears in the Qur'an = 27
Time it takes the Moon to travel round the Earth (in days) = 27
THE RATIO OF THE SEA TO THE LAND
The ratio of the appearances of the words "sea" and "land" in the
Qur'an is identical to the ratio between sea and land in modern science.
The continents had not yet been discovered at the time the Qur'an was
sent down, and it was impossible to determine the ratio between the land
and sea. Even such a large continent as America was only discovered in
th
the 15 century.
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