{"id":25106199,"date":"2008-06-05T12:08:38","date_gmt":"2008-06-05T10:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labidikm.net\/?p=25106199"},"modified":"2025-04-25T08:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:57:09","slug":"the-moon-reflects-the-suns-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labidikm.net\/en\/the-moon-reflects-the-suns-light\/","title":{"rendered":"The Moon Reflects the Sun\u2019s Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Moon Reflects the Sun\u2019s Light<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Islamists claim that the moon reflects the sun\u2019s light\u2014by the way, I have always wondered whether they think people are ignorant\u2014relying primarily on this verse: “It is He who made the sun a radiance and the moon a light [\u2026]”<\/strong> (Surah Yunus, verse 5).<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look at this verse, which Muslim preachers present as proof of their claim. “The sun is a radiance, and the moon is a light.”<\/strong> It takes an extraordinary level of deception from an Islamist to discover a “miracle” in the use of two different words to describe two celestial bodies that shine in different ways.<\/p>\n

Maurice Bucaille<\/a> reminds us that “the moon, which does not shine by itself, merely reflects the light it receives from the sun and is a passive celestial body.”<\/strong> But the question remains: where in this verse does Muhammad mention the reflection of sunlight by the moon?<\/p>\n

Do you see any miracle here? Perhaps you will discover a detail that sheds light on the matter.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, in verse 35 of Surah An-Nur, Muhammad describes Allah using the same word used for the moon (“light”<\/strong>):
“Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth!”<\/strong>
Based on the preacher\u2019s interpretation of the moon, wouldn\u2019t this mean that Allah “does not shine by Himself, but merely reflects light”<\/strong> from some unknown deity that Muslims are unaware of?<\/p>\n

There seems to be no objection to this bold interpretation.<\/p>\n

Let us also remember that, unfortunately, the Quran was not the first text to discuss the moon and the sun. Anaxagoras preceded the Quran in the fifth century BCE and was condemned for blasphemy because he claimed that the sun was a hot stone and that the moon was made of earth. Likewise, the Old Testament mentions the moon, and here are some verses that appear clearer than the Quran:<\/p>\n