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Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
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Question:
It is mentioned in one verse of the Qurβan that Allah is the Lord of two Easts and two Wests. How can you explain this verse of the Qurβan scientifically?
Answer:
- Qurβan mentions Allah is the Lord of two Easts and two Wests
The verse of the Qurβan which refers to Allah being the Lord of two easts and two wests is the following verse from Surah Ar-Rahman:
β(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests:β
[Al-Qurβan 55:17]
In the original Arabic script, the words east and west have been used in the dual form. It implies that Allah is the Lord of two easts and two wests.
- Allah is the Lord of both the extremes of East and West
The science of geography tells us that the sun rises from the east, but the point of sunrise keeps shifting throughout the year. Only on two days of the year known as βequinoxβ, does the sun rise exactly from due east. On the remaining days, it rises either from a little north or a little south of due east.
During summer solstice the sunrises from one extreme of the east and during winter solstice it rises from the other extreme. Similarly, the sun sets in one extreme of the west in summer solstice. It sets in the other extreme of the west in winter solstice. This phenomenon can be easily seen in Bombay or any other city, by people living in certain areas, or in tall skyscraper buildings, from where the rising or setting of sun can be seen. They are able to notice that during the summer solstice the sun rises from one extreme of east and during winter solstice it rises from the other extreme of east.
In short, throughout the year, the sun keeps rising from different points of the east and sets on different points of the west. Thus when the Qurβan refers to Allah as the Lord of two easts and two wests, it means that Allah is the Lord of both the extremes of east and both the extremes of west.
- Allah is the Lord of all the points of the East and West
Arabic language has two types of plurals. One is the dual plural i.e. the plural that implies the existence of two. The other is the plural for more than two, i.e. three and above. In Surah Rahman verse 17 the Arabic words used are mashriqaini and magribaini which are in dual plural and therefore imply two easts and two wests.
Consider the following verse of the Qurβan:
Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West.
[Al-Qurβan 70:40]
The Arabic words for east and west used in this verse are βmashaariqi and magharibiβ which are plurals that imply the existence of more than two.
We can thus conclude that the Qurβan refers to Allah being the Lord of all the points in the east and all the points of the west, as well as the Lord of both the extreme points of east and both the extreme points of west.
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