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Stars do Not Transgress the Command of God

For the Stars are Obedient to God and they are Subjected by His Command

[Book of Enoch 21:6], Torah
[But some verses in the Book of Enoch falsely say that] "[There] are some of the stars which transgressed the command of the Lord Most High…"

But the Stars do what they are Commanded, for God has Power Over the Stars, and so they Obey Him and Complete their Course from the Creation of the World and Forever

7:54, Qur'an
…[Indeed,] the sun, the moon, and the stars [are all] subjected by His command. Unquestionably, the creation and the command are His -

Isaiah 45:12, Torah
…[For] I, [even] My hands, have stretched out the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.

[Baruch 6:59], Torah
[And thus,] the sun, the moon and the stars, which shine and have been given work to do, are obedient [to God];

[Book of Enoch 18:15], Torah
[But some verses in the Book of Enoch falsely say,] "The stars which roll over the fire, these are the ones which transgressed the command of the Lord, from the beginning of their rising, because they did not come out at their proper times.

56:75 - 76, Qur'an
[But] I swear by the setting of the stars,
[for] indeed, it is a great oath - if you could know -

[Book of Enoch 82:9], Torah
[That indeed,] this is the law of the stars - they set in their places at their [proper] times…

16:12, Qur'an
[For] the stars are subjected by His command, [and] He has subjected the night and day and the sun and moon for you. Indeed, there are signs in that for a people who reason -

[Book of Enoch 82:8], Torah
[For] He has power in heaven, over night and day, to cause light to shine on men; [and He has power over] the sun, the moon, and the stars, and all the powers of heaven, which rotate in their orbits.

[Book of Enoch 69:20 - 21], Torah
And [thus,] the sun and the moon complete their course… and they do not transgress their command, from the creation of the world and forever.
And the stars complete their course… and He calls their names, and they answer Him, from the creation of the world and forever.

[Book of Enoch 43:1], Torah
And [thus, when] I saw… the stars of heaven - I saw how He called them all by their names, and they obeyed Him -

16:50, Qur'an
[For indeed,] they fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.



Iblees was Not a Fallen Angel who Disobeyed God

Verse 4:34 of the Qur'an does Not Command Husbands to Strike their Wives