A stationary Earth and moving sun was the consensus of the Muslims and the People of the Book prior to the astrologer-astronomer Copernicus (d. 1543) and likewise, after him. There is nothing that has or can disprove this view in currently accepted scientific theories. Lincoln Barnett (1909-1979CE) wrote in his book: "The Universe and Dr. Einstein" (with a forward by Einstein himself), "... for we cannot feel our motion through space; nor has any physical experiment ever proved that the earth actually is in motion." Stephen Hawking wrote: "Although it is not uncommon for people to say that Copernicus proved Ptolemy wrong, that is not true... one can use either picture as a model of the universe, for our observations of the heavens can be explained by assuming either the earth or the sun to be at rest." Failure to understand these statements (and numerous others cited in this article) is a sign of one's ignorance of the science of the early 20th century, and this is the nature of most atheists today. Likewise, it is the situation of the most of the Ash'arites whose contradictions and inconsistencies ought to be known by the children of Ahl al-Sunnah. It is a hallmark of their methodology to take the speculative sciences of the day as a foundation for constructing their polemics. As for the consensus, it is mentioned by Imām al-Qurṭubī (d. 671H) in his tafsīr. He said: "That which the Muslims and the People of the Book are upon is the statement of the Earth standing still at rest." Download PDF File