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The
word 'star' (najm) in the Qur'aan ( 86:3 )
is accompanied by the adjective thaaqib which
indicates that it burns and consumes itself
as it pierces through the shadows of the night
It was much later discovered that stars are
heavenly bodies producing their own light
like the sun. In the Qur'aan, a different
word, kawkab, is used to refer to the planets
which are celestial bodies that reflect light
and do not produce their own light like the
sun.
"We
have adorned the lowest heaven with ornaments,
the planets."
As Saffat (Those Ranged
in Ranks) Qur-an 37:6
