The sun is not static

Modern science has proven that the sun travels at a speed of 43,200 miles per hour, this fact is proven by the Qur’an.

Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing. }

YASEEN (38 )

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