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<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Controversy in the Qur'an|2=[[File:Rising place of the sun.JPG|280px|link=Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Controversy in the Qur'an (Part One)]]|3=The precise meaning of the opening phrases in verses 86 and 90 in the 18th chapter of the Qur’an, Sura al-Kahf, or “The Cave”, is a matter of considerable controversy. Our analysis shows that the various interpretations that have been proposed for verses 18:86 and 18:90 in the Qur’an to reconcile them with scientific facts do not stand up to detailed scrutiny.  
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring|2=[[File:Rising place of the sun.JPG|280px|link=Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring]]|3=The precise meaning of the opening phrases in verses 86 and 90 in the 18th chapter of the Qur’an, Sura al-Kahf, or “The Cave”, is a matter of considerable controversy. Our analysis shows that the various interpretations that have been proposed for verses 18:86 and 18:90 in the Qur’an to reconcile them with scientific facts do not stand up to detailed scrutiny.  


The evidence overwhelmingly supports the clear and obvious interpretation that this is intended to be understood as a historical account in which Dhu’l Qarnayn travelled until he reached the place where the sun sets and actually found that it went down into a muddy spring near to where a people were, and that he then travelled until he reached the place where the sun rises and actually found that it rose up above a people who lived close to the place where the sun rises. ([[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring|''read more'']])}}</option>
The evidence overwhelmingly supports the clear and obvious interpretation that this is intended to be understood as a historical account in which Dhu’l Qarnayn travelled until he reached the place where the sun sets and actually found that it went down into a muddy spring near to where a people were, and that he then travelled until he reached the place where the sun rises and actually found that it rose up above a people who lived close to the place where the sun rises. ([[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring|''read more'']])}}</option>

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Science and the Seven Earths‎

Sunset from the ISS.JPG

This article analyzes several different apologetic arguments claiming the Qur'an correctly asserts that their are "seven heavens" and "seven earths". In doing so, it finds the scientific evidence does not support any of the claims concerning the Qur'anic verse 65:12 and its scientific accuracy. Earth's atmosphere is divided into five main layers based on temperature. Within these five principal layers, several secondary layers may be distinguished by other properties. There is no classification into 7 layers. Modern geology states that there are only four or five layers of the Earth, or up to eight if the new hypotheses of the subcore georeactor are accepted. Without the double-counting of layers, There is no classification into 7 layers. (read more)

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