Misunderstanding the Qu'ran...?

Question

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The world is flat?
[79:30] He made the earth egg-shaped

You didn't understand the other chapters because you probably brought them out from a Christian website...

The sun moves around the Earth?
--sura 21, verse 33:
"(God is) the One Who created the night,and day, the sun and the moon. Each one is travelling in an orbit with its own motion."
--sura 36, verse 40:
"The sun must not catch up the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. Each one is travelling in an orbit with its own motion."

Etc... i can't translate all the qu'ran because i don't have the skills of Arabic... but it is to show that maybe the interpretation that you give might not be the right one...

The rest of your "mistakes" are not mistakes but your own tradition and culture telling you that you know better
Just show me mistakes that can contradict science because the rest cannot be proven

Answer 1

There're many ways to argue yourself out and secure the religion.

If someone asks you why the q'uran says the sun orbits round the earth, tell them that it does not.

If they refuse to agree, tell them that just as the earth orbits the sun, the sun also orbits the earth, its a relativity thing.

If they still refuse to agree, tell them that the galaxy is orbiting and so it has an orbit.

If they still refuse to agree, tell them that its a vision.

If they still refuse to agree, tell them its a secret.

Anyway, whatever it takes, just REJECT everything they say and allah will save you because allah is also in your imagination.

Answer 2

yes i'd never dispute the scientific knowledge in the Qu'ran the renaisance which is responsibile for the initial developments in Western Science was greatly influenced by Islamic knowledge brought back during the Crusades in fact until around 1500-1600 the knowledge held by the Arabs far exceeded much of that in Europe