(It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit)
[Ya-Sin, 40]
Apparently, this Ayah indicates that there is a specific orbit for the sun and another one for the moon, in a way that they can’t intersect with each other, nor can the sun run into the moon, rather, each one of them floats in its orbit. This fact is verified in the following Ayah:
(Verily! Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they move away from their places, and if they were to move away from their places, there is not one that could grasp them after Him. Truly, He is Ever Most Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.)
[Fatir, 41]
The phrase “lest they move away from their places” means lest they depart from their orbits and the word in Arabic is “Tazool”, and “Zawal” is the Arabic word for “midday time”, which means when the sun starts to incline from the middle of the sky. Hence, the Ayah means that every planet in the universe has an orbit in which it roams. Some people said that this aya:
(By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again and again.)
[At-Tariq, 11]
Has the most subtle description of the universe, namely, every planet, star, or celestial body has an orbit in which it roams, then it gets back to its first position after a while.
According to scientists, the Halley comet, which is spotted by people on daily basis, has roamed onto its orbit since Allah created heavens and earth, and it never departed from it, not even by one inch. Its closest point from the earth is 300 million Kilometers, its tail is more than 93 million Kilometers, and people always are frightened of the fact that it might keep moving straight forward and hit the earth.
However, the following noble Ayah indicates something else:
(Verily! Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they move away from their places)
[Fatir, 41]
It means, this comet has stayed its orbit for millions of years. The same is true for the earth, the sun and the moon, and this is a sign itself. Allah says:
(It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit)
Each planet has its own orbit which never expands, decreases, accelerates, or decelerates.
Hence, It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day, which means, the sun will never run into the moon, not to mention that the earth constantly revolves around itself in a way that night’s length never changes, to the extent that we are able to set up calendars accurately for a hundred years to come.
For example, we can say, on day 17 of April the sun will rise exactly at 6:02 A.M. What does this mean? It means that the night never outstrips the day.
Therefore, the earth constantly revolves around its axis and around the sun as well, and this is the meaning of “They all float each in an orbit”. Moreover, scientists have been stunned in respect of the following Ayah:
(It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit.)
[Ya-Sin, 40]
Islam reformed the Arabs and transformed them into one of the greatest civilizations in history.
To what does the word “each” refer to? It refers to everything Allah the Almighty created.
any piece of metal or anything you see, as they are all constructed of molecules which are nothing but atoms, and the atom is a nuclear and electrons with orbits roaming around it in constant speeds. Hence this Ayah indicates the atom:
(It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day)
[Ya-Sin, 40]
It means: everything created by Allah float each in an orbit; rocks, wood, water, glass, table, and everything you see are made of molecules which consist of atoms thatnothing but a nuclear with electrons around it.
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