Quran

Quran /36- Ya Seen YA SEEN Meccan/

Verse 38

38- And the sun runs its course and describes its orbit, sited in a settled position, belonging, as determined by AL-Aziz, AL-'Alim. Commentary: It is natural to think of the sun as being at rest. But since our planet earth will be carried along with it however the sun is moving, this may not be so. And indeed indirect measurement show that the sun and most of the nearby stars are speeding through space at a rate of 250 km or 150 miles per second. The orbits are kept in rein by the gravitational pull of the galaxy as a whole. In other words, all the stars towards the center contribute a gravitational tug which helps to hold the sun in its path. Despite the suns enormous speed, the milky way system is so huge that one complete orbit takes 250 million years to complete. Reference: The Framework of the Stars, Nigel Henbest, Encyclopedia of Space Travel and Astronomy, Octopus Books, Ltd. London, 1979.

38- And the sun runs its course and describes its orbit, sited in a settled position, belonging, as determined by AL-Aziz, AL-'Alim. Commentary: It is natural to think of the sun as being at rest. But since our planet earth will be carried along with it however the sun is moving, this may not be so. And indeed indirect measurement show that the sun and most of the nearby stars are speeding through space at a rate of 250 km or 150 miles per second. The orbits are kept in rein by the gravitational pull of the galaxy as a whole. In other words, all the stars towards the center contribute a gravitational tug which helps to hold the sun in its path. Despite the suns enormous speed, the milky way system is so huge that one complete orbit takes 250 million years to complete. Reference: The Framework of the Stars, Nigel Henbest, Encyclopedia of Space Travel and Astronomy, Octopus Books, Ltd. London, 1979.


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