Answering Questions Through The Holy Qur'an: The cause of shadows changing length?

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

The cause of shadows changing length?

The cause of shadows changing length?

25:45 Do you not see how your Lord extends the shadow? And if He willed, surely He could have made it stationary. Then We made the sun an indication of it. 25:46 Then We withdraw it to Us, a gradual withdrawal.

(The sun’s brightness and the earth are involved in the “Shadow”. According to Verse 25:45, the sun is an indication of the shadow, so the sun indicates the orbit of the earth, not the other way round. (The sun’s gravity pulls on the earth))(So, the Earth’s rotation causes the shadow to change length, because the sun is immobile in terms of night and day. See comment below)(In regard to the mention of “Lord”, God is the Sustainer of existence (2:255), none can intercede with Him except by His permission (2:255). So God extends the shadow)(Allah knows best)

91:1 By the sun and its brightness, 91:2 And the moon when it follows it, 91:3 And the day when it displays it, 91:4 And the night when it covers it,

(According to Verses 91:3-4, the sun is immobile in terms of night and day, because it is the day what displays the brightness of the sun (91:3), and it is the night what covers the brightness of the sun (91:4))(When day and night are mentioned in the Qur’an, then Earth is implicitly mentioned, because the mention of night and day is related/connected to Earth, or it also involves the Earth. The rotation of the Earth around its own axis causes the day and night. If the sun is immobile in terms of night and day (91:3-4), then the Earth, which is also involved, is the one that is moving, not the sun. So, according to these Verses, the rotation of the Earth displays and covers the sun’s brightness)(Allah knows best)