Surah 21:33
"He (it is) who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each floating in (its own) orbit."
Claimed Miracle: Astrophysics
APOLOGIST CLAIM
"The Quran predicts planetary and stellar orbits by stating that the sun and moon are 'swimming' in an orbit."
Refutation & Exegesis
This description actually aligns perfectly with the prevailing ancient geocentric worldview, where the sun and moon literally orbited a stationary Earth to cause night and day. Describing these bodies as 'swimming' in a rounded course reflects the ancient perception of celestial spheres traversing a cosmic ocean. Strikingly, the verse omits any mention of the Earth orbiting anything, which is the foundational prerequisite for the modern heliocentric model.
Reinterpretation
To mask the geocentric implications of the sun and moon 'swimming' in a rounded course over the earth, apologists reinterpret this to predict the sun's 225-million-year orbit around the Milky Way galaxy, conveniently ignoring the fact that the verse notably excludes the earth from orbiting anything.