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[kadhim]

Salams,

I'm trying to hunt down, without any luck so far, a particular verse of the Quran. I don't remember the exact wording, but something to the effect that God makes the movement of the heavenly bodies, the stars and planets, for our benefit.

Am I remembering this correctly? Can anyone direct me to the right verse?

[Pascal]

Any of these?

http://quran.com/10/5/
http://quran.com/36/36-39
http://quran.com/25/45
http://quran.com/31/29
http://quran.com/17/78/
http://quran.com/13/2/

Edited by kingpomba, 10 August 2012 - 11:02 PM.

[kadhim]

Thanks. 10:5 and 13:2 are probably ones I was thinking of.

Verse 16:12 I found gets at it too:
Wa sakh-khara lakum al-layla wan-nahaara wash-shamsa wal-qamara wan-najouma musahk-khara bi amrihi. Inna fee thalika laayatin li qawmin ya'qiloon - And He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.

Motivation is was having a discussion with someone today about Eid, and he said Eid could be next Saturday or Sunday. I said Saturday was impossible because of astronomy. He said something like "What do you believe in, human made astronomy or God's Will. I answered that it's a false distinction; God wills the universe, the movement of stars and planets and the moon and sun to be regular and lawful for our benefit, that that's even in the Quran, but I could not remember the reference.