This is a supposed "scientific error", again we say to liars, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
Their "proof":
Sahih International
Indeed, your Lord is Allah , who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah , Lord of the worlds.
The fallacy of disconnection is obvious here.
Disbelievers say that God shouldn't mention the name of sun, otherwise, this indicate it's different from the stars !
The
term 'star' is nondescript & generic, giving it a name. "shams" or
'sun' enables the reader to ponder the immediate and the far.. Many other
stars in the Quran are also referred to by the names known to the Arab
astronomers for instance Sirius..
It is He Who is the Lord of Sirius. (Qur'an, 53: 49).
again if referred to as a mere star how would the people who took Sirius for a God know to distinguish it from any other star?
When we refer to the
sun, or a sunny day, we don't say, "Gosh, the biggest star's shining
brightly today", or, the weathermen don't say, "It'll be a starry day
tomorrow". Allah has referred to them in the context known by people, so
that they may understand.
This is called Takhsees or particularization in arabic science.
From
an "earthly" point of view (as the quran is sent to humans), we tend to
make a difference between the sun and any other normal star. We always
see the sun as a special star. It's the most close to us. Its role is
special too (its presence controls the difference between day and night,
it controls the seasons, etc).
If
we look at the previous words in the verse (before mentioning the
stars) we can see that the context before was the duality of the day and
the night :
"He brings the night as a cover over the day, seeking it rapidly, and (He created) the sun, the moon, the stars subjected to His Command".
"He brings the night as a cover over the day, seeking it rapidly, and (He created) the sun, the moon, the stars subjected to His Command".
According to this, if we continue the duality, what you see in day is the sun, and what you see in night is the moon and the stars.
This type of dualities exist in many places in the quran : day and night, good and evil, life and death, heaven and hell, believers and non-believers.
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