Koran 16:48-50

16:48 Have they not considered what things Allah has created?

Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah, while they are humble.

49 And to Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of creatures, and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant.

50 They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.

Koran 16:48-50

Muhammad, in his Koran, addresses a sentence, verse, or passage to “Anonymous They”, with “they”, “them”, “he”, “your”, “the people”, and so on, without naming them. For more, read Anonymous They.

Muhammad spoke about Allah in the third person. This means this passage is not the perfect words of the perfect Qur’an from perfect Allah. Thus, Allah is false, imaginary, and fictional, which means Islamic doctrine and Islam are nonsensical and false.

Muhammad asks a rhetorical question: “Have they not considered what things Allah has created?” Who are “they”? The Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 16:48, doesn’t care to clarify that. The Quraysh already worshipped Allah and the other gods in their pantheon. The Jews and the Christians worship YHWH/God and Jesus, not imaginary Allah. Allah hasn’t created anything at all.

Muhammad claims: “shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah”. Let’s see if that’s true:

Notice that Carl Sagan easily manages to change the shadows of the obelisk models by changing the angle and curvature of the paper map they’re stuck on. Obviously, this is NOT shadow prostration to Allah, when Carl changes the shadows so easily.

Neither the Jews nor the Christians have shadow prostration. Only Islam has shadow prostration. So obviously Islam differs from the Abraham religions, from Judaism and Christianity.

In Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 16:48, there’s an obfuscation:

When the sun passes its zenith, everything prostrates to Allah, may He be glorified.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 16:48

When the Sun passes the Zenith, in equatorial regions, the Sun is in the west, and people’s shadows point to the east, looking as if they’re prostrating to Allah at the Kaaba. But in the morning, the sun is in the east and people’s shadows point to the west, AWAY from Allah in the Kaaba. So for Muhammad, only in the afternoon do people’s shadows seem to point to Allah in the Kaaba. And of course, this only applies if you’re west of the Kaaba. If you’re east of the Kaaba, then in the morning, your shadow “prostrates” to Allah at the Kaaba in the WEST, and doesn’t in the afternoon.

So why does Muhammad state: “Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah, while they are humble.”? Muhammad is referring to the elite of “Mecca”, Petra, who are being “humble” (or praying or venerating) to their idols UNDER the idol of Hubal or Allah over the Kaaba. As the sun rises from dawn and sinks from the zenith, their shadows point to the left and right, pointing to the idol of Allah above them. This happens as they take a day to venerate all the idols around the Kaaba, around Allah their chief idol.

Muhammad lies: “And to Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens”, except that what’s in the heavens doesn’t prostrate. Especially the sun. The Sun never prostrates to Allah, despite Muhammad’s ignorant claim in the hadith:

The Prophet asked me at sunset, “Do you know where the sun goes (at the time of sunset)?”

I replied, “Allah and His Apostle know better.”

He said, “It goes (i.e. travels) till it prostrates Itself underneath the Throne and takes the permission to rise again, and it is permitted and then (a time will come when) it will be about to prostrate itself but its prostration will not be accepted, and it will ask permission to go on its course but it will not be permitted, but it will be ordered to return whence it has come and so it will rise in the west. And that is the interpretation of the Statement of Allah: “And the sun Runs its fixed course For a term (decreed). that is The Decree of (Allah) The Exalted in Might, The All- Knowing.” “

Sahih al-Bukhari 3199

As you can see, as the Sun is the emitter of light in our solar system, it doesn’t have a shadow. The Sun never prostrates.

As we can see from observing the Moon’s shadow upon Earth during an eclipse, the Moon prostrates because of the Sun. Then the Moon or “Allah” bends to the “Sun’s” Ackbar’s “will” as it were, contrary to Muhammad’s ignorant assertion in this hadith.

Muhammad lies: “whatever is on the earth of creatures”. The creatures on Earth don’t prostrate to Allah at all. Neither do their shadows.

Muhammad lies: “and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant.” Muhammad was unable to produce an angel to prostrate, and obviously, the Quraysh never saw this happening.

Muhammad lies: “They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.” But they do not. The animals do not prostrate. Islamic angels are imaginary, except for Muhammad, the “angel” or “messenger” of “Allah”. Nor do the animals do as they’re commanded. The domesticated horse, donkeys and camels must be trained to accept human commands when riding.

For more about everything exalting Allah, see All Exalts Allah.

For more about shadow prostration, see Shadow Prostration.

The best replacement for this passage is: “”, the empty sentence.