THE SUN WILL EXTINGUISH

THE SUN WILL EXTINGUISH

The light of the sun is due to a chemical process on its outside that has been taking place continuously for the past five billion years. It will come to an end at some point of time in the future, when the sun will be totally extinguished, leading to destruction of all life on earth. Regarding the impermanence of the sun’s existence, the QURAN says:

وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِيْ لِمُسْتَــقَرٍّ لَّهَا ۚ ذٰلِكَ تَــقْدِيْرُ الْعَزِيْزِ الْعَلِــيْمِ
“And the Sun runs its course for a period determined for it; that is the decree of (Him) the exalted in Might, the All-Knowing.” [Al-QURAN 36:38] (A similar message is conveyed in the QURAN in 13:2, 35:13, 39:5 and 39:21)

The Arabic word used here is mustaqarr, which means a place or time that is single-minded. Thus the QURAN says that the sun runs towards a determined place, and will do so only up to a predetermined period of time – meaning that it will end or extinguish.