It is difficult to see what other heavenly bodies could be meant if not the planets. Is it possible that the expression in the Qur’an ‘lowest heaven’ means the ‘solar system’? It is known that among the celestial elements nearest to us, there are no other permanent elements apart from the planets: the Sun is the only star in the system that bears its name. “We have indeed adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets.” In sura 37, verse 6, we see the following: In one verse however, when seen in the light of modern science, it would seem very much that these can only be the heavenly bodies that we know to be planets. In some of them it is difficult to distinguish which heavenly bodies are meant (sura 6, verse 76 sura 82, verses 1-2). This is the only explanatory detail referring to this word to be found in the Qur’an.
Here the subject is the projection of light onto a body that reflects it (glass) and gives it the glitter of a pearl, like a planet that is lit by the sun. The glass is as if it were a planet glittering like a pearl.”
The similitude of His light is as if there were a niche and within it a luminary. “God is the light of the heavens and the earth. Here is the text in question: (sura 24, verse 35) It is nevertheless of great interest to offer an account of the comparison it contains on the subject of the word that would seem to designate a ‘planet’. The eminently spiritual nature of its deeper meaning stands forth, and is moreover the subject of much debate among experts in exegesis. Joseph’s dream (sum 12) refers to eleven of them, but the description is, by definition, an imaginary one.Ī good definition of the meaning of the word kaukab in the Qur’an Seems to have been given in a very famous verse. The Qur’an would seem to designate these by the word kaukab (plural kawakib) without stating their number. Three have been discovered in recent times: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Five planets other than Earth were known to the ancients: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. While one may presume that others exist elsewhere, the only ones known are those in the solar system. They revolve around the Sun, Earth being one of them. It is difficult to say whether these are referred to in the Qur’an with the same exact meaning that is given to the heavenly bodies in the present day.
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