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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.
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 kilometers 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 center 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 82