"When the sun (with its spacious light)
is folded up" [Quran 81: 1]
This is a suitable metaphor for
causing the sun to lose its light. Takwir means to fold up; hence takwir al-`amamah
for folding up the turban on the head. Here, the light which radiates from the
sun and spreads throughout the solar system has been likened to the turban and
it has been said that on the Resurrection Day the turban will be folded up
about the sun and its radiation will fade.
The sun contains huge amount of
matter. All of that matter produces a huge
amount of gravitational force that squeezes the star inwards. In order to combat the inward
crush resulting from the gravitational force, The Sun utilizes fusion
power to hold itself up. This is the way the sun sustains its life and escapes
collapse.
The sun will one day become a
red giant, so large that it will engulf the whole planet in Solar system. When
the times come, earth may destroy and the Day of Judgment is finally arrived.
Until that days come, as long as the Hydrogen fusion reactions are functioning as they
have in the past; the Sun is safe from gravity and can continue to serve as a
source of heat and light for Earth.
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