%u201CThe above is the orbital movement of the sun that was already referred to in the Quran fourteen centuries ago.%u201D (The Bible, the Quran and Science, p. 162)
And yet this is a new finding. As Dr. Bucaille says, the knowledge of the sun%u2019s orbit is an acquisition of modern astronomy (The Bible, the Quran and Science, p. 162).
Two verses in the Quran refer to the orbits of the sun and moon. After mentioning the sun and the moon, Allah says:
%u201CEach one is traveling in an orbit with its own motion%u201D (Quran, 21:33; 36:40).
Even after the Quran was revealed, early commentators could not conceive of the orbits of the sun and moon. The tenth century commentator Tabari could not explain this so he said, %u201CIt is our duty to keep silent when we do not know%u201D (XVII, 15 quoted in The Bible, the Quran and Science, p. 161).
