General Discussion : Lights on the way

Author: macoooo
Subject: Lights on the way
Posted: 11 December 2022 at 2:54am

The sun does not literally set in a muddy spring. The Quran verse you’re referring to says “He found it setting on a hot spring”. Of course, from background knowledge, it’s obvious that the sun doesn’t really set, and God is using figurative language here. Also another meaning for “find” is to perceive something a certain way. So this was simply talking about Zul-Qarnain seeing the sun like it was setting on a spring.

he is saying that he was describing and sun doesnt set and rise These are all perceptions of the people themselves. What does the sun have to do with the story in all this? There is no where in the story where the sun is the focus

When one speaks of the setting and rising of the sun, no one is actually referring to the actual movement of the sun. They are talking about how it appears to move while on Earth. Therefore if you were at the place Zul-Qarnain was, and you looked at the horizon during the sunset at that time and place, and there happened to be a spring at the distance where the sunset was taking place, you would have seen the sun as setting on the spring.

Does the Noble Qur'an says the sun sets in murky water??? by Dr Zakir Naik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8R2rVgD2ok

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