If we see that instead of the movement of the earth...

If we see that instead of the movement of the earth, the movement of the mountains is mentioned, this is so that the truth of the matter be made known because it is clear that the mountains, without the earth, have no motion and the movement of them is exactly like the movement of the earth, either around itself, or around the sun or both.

Now think that at a time when all of the scholars of the world and the masses of the people thought that the earth was motionless, and believed that all of the stars and planets moved around it, the direct confrontation of this idea and the mention of the movement of the earth is a scientific miracle!

And this from a person who had never studied and who, in general, arose from an area where there were no teachers and which was considered to be very backward from the point of view of science and culture. Is this not a proof of the Truth of this Book? Think and Answer What is meant by ‘scientific miracles’ of the Qur’an? Who was the first person who discovered the law of gravity and in what age did he live?

In what verse in the Qur’an and with what analogy does it refer to the law of gravity in general terms? Who said that the earth was immobile and how long did this rule human thought? In what verse and sura does the Holy Qur’an refer to the movement of the earth? Previous…