The Sun's Resting Place

The Quran describes the sun setting into a muddy spring on Earth.

Religious Claim

Quran 18:86

"Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water..."

Scientific Consensus

The sun does not set into water; the Earth rotates away from the sun.

Analysis

This verse reflects ancient geocentric cosmology where the sun was a small object that physically traveled and "set" into a specific location on the flat earth.

Metadata

Source

Islam