Quran

Quran /36- Ya Seen YA SEEN Meccan/

Verse 39

39- And for the moon We have determined mansions or divisions of the ecliptic which it occupies on 28 successive days and there it falls in a swoon and be like a shriveled and withered date-stalk. Commentary: The moon in its double orbit round the earth and round the sun describes a curved path through space and shows a series of light and shadow phases as observed from earth. In its curved path it reflects the light it receives from the sun depending on the part that is exposed to sun rays, hence the phases: crescent, first quarter, Gibbous, full moon, then back again to Gibbous, last quarter, crescent and lastly new moon (when no light is reflected at all and darkness prevails. Reference: Space Travel and Astronomy, The Solar Family, Peter Francis pp. 62 - 63 Octopus Books, 1979, London.

39- And for the moon We have determined mansions or divisions of the ecliptic which it occupies on 28 successive days and there it falls in a swoon and be like a shriveled and withered date-stalk. Commentary: The moon in its double orbit round the earth and round the sun describes a curved path through space and shows a series of light and shadow phases as observed from earth. In its curved path it reflects the light it receives from the sun depending on the part that is exposed to sun rays, hence the phases: crescent, first quarter, Gibbous, full moon, then back again to Gibbous, last quarter, crescent and lastly new moon (when no light is reflected at all and darkness prevails. Reference: Space Travel and Astronomy, The Solar Family, Peter Francis pp. 62 - 63 Octopus Books, 1979, London.


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