The Qur’an and the “North”

The Qur’an and the “North”

18:17 And you (might) have seen the sun, when it rose, inclining away from their cave to the right, and when it set, passing away from them to the left while they (lay) in the open space thereof. That (was) from (the) Signs (of) Allah. Whoever Allah guides and he (is) the guided one, and whoever He lets go astray then never will you find for him a protector, a guide.

(“Today all maps use the same convention: up is north, right is east, left is west and down is south. This means if you are standing then the sun rises to your right and the sun sets to your left, you are facing north and behind you is south”. (Sentence taken from the article “North” in “miracles-of-quran(dot)com”). The Qur’an mentions the convention that prevailed (18:17))(The article “map” in wikipedia confirms that there were maps not oriented with north at the top: “Maps from non-Western traditions are oriented a variety of ways”, “Medieval European T and O maps such as the Hereford Mappa Mundi were centred on Jerusalem with East at the top”, “Maps of cities bordering a sea are often conventionally oriented with the sea at the top”, etc.)(On another subject, notice that the sentence in Verse 18:17 is subjective “you have seen the sun”, so from the point of view of the seer. Then, it is not scientifically incorrect. See the link below “Does the Qur’an support a geocentric view of the universe?”)(Allah knows best)

See also: Is the Qur'an scientifically correct? (5) (History)

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/09/response-to-jay-smith-can-god-have-son.html

See also: Is the Qur'an scientifically correct? (0) (Index)

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2017/04/is-quran-scientifically-correct-2.html

See also: Does the Qur’an support a geocentric view of the universe? Does the Qur’an say that the earth rotates? Does the Qur’an say that the sun revolves around the earth or vice versa?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/11/does-quran-support-geocentric-view-of.html