Month: April 2021

5- It is He who made the sun to be a radiant and the moon
to be a light …
10-Jonah, 5

The sun as a nuclear reactor is our world’s source of light and heat. The
quantity of radiation reaching our world from the sun that warms our
world in the cold of space is two per billion of the sun’s total quantity
of radiation. The moon is not a source of heat and light like the sun.
This difference between the sun and the moon finds its description in
the Quran, i.e., the sun’s light is expressed by the Arabic word “ziya”
(radiant) and the moon’s light is expressed by the word “noor” (light).
The word “ziya” meaning radiation has the connotation of light and
heat, while “noor” does not have such a connotation.
Other attributes of the sun in the Quran are similes such as “seraj”
(torch) or “wahhaj” (lamp). Both “seraj” and “wahhaj” emit heat and
light through the fire burning within them. The fact that such attributes are not used for the light of the moon shows how refined the
style of the Quran is.

AMENITIES OF THE SUN

The energy generated by the sun in just one second is equal to the energy that three billion power stations would generate on earth in a year.
The world receives but two per billion parts of the overall radiation
coming from the sun. The slightest decrease in this quantity would turn
our world into a place no longer habitable by human beings, as ice age would reign. The distance of our world from the sun, the size of the
sun, and the power of reactions within the sun are all calculated infinitesimally. We are part of these calculations. The slightest change in the
figures would make life on earth impossible. The creation and the perpetuation of these critical values are the sine qua non of our lives. The
sun rotates around its own axis while moving towards a particular destination; the earth, on the other hand, has a variety of movements; it
rotates around its own axis, revolves about the sun, being dependent on
it, and is affected by the moon. In all the rapid movements, our world
changes all the time according to the position of the solar system and
galaxies. None of the movements affects our position in relation to the
sun nor puts an end to our life on earth.
Life requires carbon-based molecules. These are only generated
between -20 degrees Celsius and +120 degrees Celsius. The range of
temperatures is vast in the universe, the heat in stars rises to millions of
degrees and falls until -273.15 degrees Celsius is reached. The bracket
for the ideal medium for the formation of carbon-based molecules is
just a thin slice, one per one hundred thousand of the existing heat differences. Had the world failed to conserve its existing heat and quit the
bracket it is in, that would be the end of us. But our Creator is ever conscious of our actual needs and everything is controlled by Him.

2- …He has subjected the sun and the moon. Each one runs
for an appointed term. He regulates all affairs, and explains
the signs in detail that you may believe with certainty in the
meeting with your Lord.
13-The Thunder, 2

The sun, about 150 million kilometres distant from us, renders life
on earth possible. An aircraft traveling at 1000 km/hour would have
trouble covering this distance in seventeen years. The temperature in
the centre of the sun, whose surface temperature is six thousand degrees
Celsius, is 15 million degrees Celsius. Not even on the surface of this
incandescent gaseous sphere can life be imagined. But at a reasonable
distance for us, it is our planet’s closest friend and source of life.

98- Your only god is God. There is no other god but He.
His knowledge encompasses all things.
20-Ta-He, 98