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Scientific and Archaeological Explanation of

the Ayaats of the Holy Quran

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 Sura: Al-An’aam
Ayat 97

And He it is Who has made the stars for you that you might follow the right way thereby in the
darkness of the land and the sea; truly We have made plain the communications for a people who
know.

M Shakir's Quran Translation

Stars, a Sign of Allah

Star, astronomically, is known as a massive shinning sphere of hot gas. About 5,000 stars can be seen with the naked
eye, although not all of these stars are visible at any given time or from any given place. With a small telescope,
hundreds of thousands of stars can be seen. The largest telescopes disclose millions of galaxies, which may each
contain over 200 billion stars. Modern astronomers believe there are more than 1 x 1022 stars in the universe (this
number is very large, a 1 followed by 22 zeros).

The color of stars—ranging from the deepest red through all intermediate shades of orange and yellow to an intense
white-blue—depends directly on their temperature. The coolest stars are red and the hottest stars are blue. (Above
information can be seen in the article GINGERICH, OWEN. "STAR (ASTRONOMY)." MICROSOFT ENCARTA 2007)

One out of the countless blessings of Allah is stars who serve many purposes. The star most commonly known to us
is the ‘Sun’. Without the Sun life of on earth would have been impossible. Allah is drawing our attention to this
gigantic blessing. A close look of all the different of energies that we are using on this planet earth we’ll come to
know that the sole source of them are stars (most important of them is of course the Sun).

North Star, a Natural Compass

Stars (especially North Star) have been used by people since the beginning of life on this planet for finding directions.
North Star or Polestar is a conspicuous star in the northern hemisphere, located closest to the point toward which
the axis of the Earth is directed, thus roughly marking the location of the north celestial pole. A polestar has been
used by navigators throughout recorded history for charting navigation routes and is still used for determining true
azimuth and astronomic latitude.

An important message conveyed by this Ayat is that the way stars help you in finding the right path at night if you
ponder over this impeccable sign of Allah it would lead you to the ‘right path’ in the long run and help you
distinguish between right and wrong.

Ayaats in Quran which mention Stars

Surah Anaam 6:76,97, Surah Aa’raf 7:54, Surah Yusuf 13:4, Surah Nahl 16:12,16, Surah Hajj 22:18, Surah Noor 24:35,
Surah Saafat 37:6,88, Surah Fussilat 41:12, Surah Toor 52:49, Surah Najm 53:1, Surah Waqiyah 56:75, Surah Jinn
72:8, Surah Mursalat 77:8, Surah Takweer 81: 2,15, Surah Infitaar 82:2, Surah Buruj 85:1, Surah Tariq 86:3.

This document is based on my under process book. I plan to collect all the Ayaats of the Holy Quran with deal with
scientific, historical and archaeological subjects. I am trying to provide explanation to those Ayaats in light of
Previous commentaries (Tafaseer), established science, archaeological discoveries and Arabic lexicons. Send in
your comments, queries and suggestion at Muhammad.Awais.Tahir@gmail.com

Please do not copy paste without permission, until my book is published, Insha’Allah.
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