(November 6, 2022 at 6:42 am)Leonardo17 Wrote:(November 5, 2022 at 7:24 pm)LinuxGal Wrote: The Quran says the sun sets in a mud puddle somewhere in Morocco. That didn't seem to wrap things up for Islam.
There was an ottoman Admiral called Piri Reis (1465-1553) whose world map is on display at the Halil Inancik Section of The University of Bilkent in Ankara. Take a look (Does it look like the sun sets on Morocco? – I mean really?-):
I see your map and raise the actual text from the Quran.
Sura 18:86 Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: “O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness.”