- not allowed to overtake moon in orbit.
Ya Sin 36:40.
The literal meaning of orbit is "swim", and does not indicate a path
as known in science.
The Greeks, Egyptians and Druids knew about the orbits of the moon and
the sun long before Muhammad. Also, the orbits are not comparative,
since the moon orbits the earth that orbits the sun.
The sun orbits the galactic center at about 144
miles per second, while the moon orbits the earth at approximately
2,300 miles per second. In truth, the moon is affected by the
gravitation pull of both the earth and the sun, and it cannot escape
its pull due to its mass. No galactic body floats on its own, but is
affected by all gravitational forces.
- resting place of sun,
Ya Sin 36:38.
What is that supposed to mean?
"the solar solar system is indeed evolving toward a point situated
in the constellation of Hercules whose exact location is firmly
established." (Maurice Bucaille, The Bible, the Quran and Science).
But that is not true since the universe is constantly expanding and
changing, and no place is exactly fixed.
- setting place of sun: there is murky water and a people there,
al-Kahf 18:86.
Muslims have said that this passage refers to Alexander the Great. In
al-Kahf 18:86, he is said to reach the setting-place of the sun, whatever that
means, and there found water and a people. Where is that place that the
sun sets? al-Kahf 18:86 clearly has the perspective for a man on earth
observing the skies, and sees the sun orbiting the earth.