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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
It was believed by earlier civilizations that the moon
emanates its own light. Science now tells us that the light of the moon is
reflected light. However
this fact was mentioned in the Qur’an 1,400 years ago in the following verse:
“Blessed is He Who made Constellations in the skies, and
placed therein a Lamp and a Moon giving light.” (Al-Qur’an 25:61)
The Arabic word for the sun in the Qur’an, is shams. It is
also referred to as siraaj which means a ‘torch’ or as wahhaaj meaning ‘a
blazing lamp’ or as diya which means ‘shining glory’.
All three descriptions are appropriate to the sun, since it
generates intense heat and light by its internal combustion. The Arabic word for
the moon is qamar and it is described in the Qur’an as muneer which is a body
that gives noor i.e. reflected light. Again, the Qur’anic description matches
perfectly with the true nature of the moon which does not give off light by
itself and is an inactive body that reflects the light of the sun. Not once in
the Qur’an, is the moon mentioned as siraaj, wahhaaj or diya nor the sun as noor
or muneer. This implies that the Qur’an recognizes the difference between the
nature of sunlight and moonlight.
The following verses relate to the nature of light from the
sun and the moon:
“It is He who made the sun to be a shining glory and the
moon to be a light (of beauty).” (Al-Qur’an 10:5)
“See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one
above another, “And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a
(Glorious) Lamp?” (Al-Qur’an 71:15-16)
The Glorious Qur'an and modern science, are thus in perfect
agreement about the differences in the nature of sunlight and moonlight.
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