Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight – February 20, 2008
Subhanallah (God is Perfect) we just watched an hour-long documentary: “The Sun” on the History Channel last night!
We learned about the Penumbra, Eclipse, the Sun’s creation (Big Blast, then Supernova…), energy, heat, strength, orbits, gravitational pull of all the planets, its predicted death in 5 billion years, and much more.
Alhumdulilah (Praise be to God), at least science “proves” that The Sun as created miraculously as the Big Bang and that there WILL be the end of the Sun, Earth, Galaxy, etc. one day!
(Allah) the Originator of the heavens and earth. When He decides on something, He just says to it, “Be!” and it is. (Surat al-Baqara: 117)
In preparation for the eclipse and to better understand/reiterate our discussions from last night’s show in relation to Islam, we’re reading HarunYahya’s “The Glory of the Heavens (Big Bang) (Sun) (Moon)” right now. We just love his Kid’s Books…don’t you?
Blessed be He who placed constellations in the sky and put a blazing lamp and shining moon among them. (Surat al-Furqan: 61)
Insha’allah khir (God willing with this blessings) we will watch it tonight, will you!?
A&E Classroom and The History Channel
Another recommendation:
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- The Missouri River: A Journey with Stephen Ambrose
- The National World War II Memorial
- The White House 200th Anniversary
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