THE STARS AND THE SUN
DEATH OF THE STARS AND THE SUN
8- When the stars are put out.
77-The Emissaries, 8
At the time of the descent of the Quran, people believed that the light of the
stars would last forever. This at a time when the inner structure of the stars
was a mystery and the fact that the energy of the stars would, one day, be
exhausted was not known. The Quran?s prediction about the end of the stars is a
miraculous statement.
2- When the planets are scattered.
82-The Shattering, 2
While the verses speak of the putting out of stars, the planets, not light
sources, will scatter. The Arabic word for a star is ?najm,? while ?kavkab? is a
planet. Given the fact that the planets are dependent on a central star, when
this star is no more, the planets will necessarily scatter....
