The 38th verse of Surah Yasin correctly states that the Sun is moving towards a specific destination. Thus, the Quran is the first known source that accurately describes the movement of the Sun, among many other topics.

Same Old Story: Emre Dorman's Interpretation

What connection does Emre Dorman's interpretation have with the meanings of these two verses? He is fabricating! People have observed the Sun rising in the east and setting in the west for millions of years, seeing it as moving (flowing). Does this movement come from the Earth's rotation? That’s different! The first people who discovered the wheel called it the "chariot of the sky." In one of my youthful poems, I also wrote, "The chariot of the sky appears." When the Quran (Yasin 38) says, "The Sun is flowing towards a specific goal," it refers to the daily journey from east to west according to the geocentric knowledge of the time. The rest is just nonsense! Pure fabrication!

The Formation of the Universe

On the internet, there are hundreds of interpretations related to the formation of the universe, referencing the Quran. All these interpretations treat the Quran as a book of science encompassing all times (including the future). Here are two examples from Bülent Pakman's Pakman World site:

Some Quranic Verses on the Formation of the Universe

“[Allah] is the One who created the heavens and the earth from nothing... He is the creator of everything and the knower of all things!” (Al-An'am 101)

Commentator Pakman says, “The word ‘heaven’ (sema) is used in many places in the Quran to mean space and the universe.” But why? Are there no words in Quranic Arabic that mean "space" and "universe"? Pakman, like Dr. Emre Dorman, is making things up. Doesn't Allah know at least the Arabic words "kainat" and "feza" and their synonyms?

“They did not see that the heavens and the earth were once a single entity, then We split them apart. And We made from water every living thing.” (Al-Anbiya 30)

The verse mentions that the heavens and the earth were in a state of “ratk” (joined together). Then, they were split apart by the verb “fatk.” One breaks away from the other. When we remember the initial moment of the Big Bang, we see that a single point contained all the matter of the universe. Thus, everything, including the yet-to-be-created heavens and the earth, was in a state of “ratk” within this point. Then this point violently exploded, and in this way, the materials underwent “fatk.” (Bülent Pakman - Pakman World)

Allah says, "Did those who disbelieve not see that the heavens and the earth were once a single entity, then We split them apart?"

If Allah separated the heavens and the earth, does that not mean they existed before Him? I believe it does. If He created them, why did He create two things conjoined only to separate them? Is there no wisdom in this? If you turn the Quran into a book of science, someone will come along and ask the questions I am asking. With this mindset, even the bubbling of boiling water can be turned into a Big Bang analogy.

In the Torah’s “Creation of the World” section, it states that God created land and seas on the third day of creation. God created the great sea creatures and other sea creatures on the fifth day. Since the Torah says this and the Quran accepts it, it must be so. But we can ask this question: How can fossils of sea creatures created on the fifth day be found in the layers of mountains created on the third day?

There is another issue: According to an article published in the 60th issue of the magazine "Everyone's Science and Technology" (May 19, 2017), human fossils found in a cave in South Africa suggest that our closest ancestor, named “Homo Naledi,” lived 200,000 years ago. These fossils are older than the first ancestor, “Lucy Ana.” The skeleton named “Neo” is the oldest human skeleton found so far. Wonderful! A proof of evolution. The question is: If the first humans, Adam and Eve, who were created, resemble the humans living in 2017, why can't we find fossils of humans who lived 200,000 years ago and resembled us, but we can find the skeleton of "Homo Naledi"?