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Old January 25, 2004, 10:13 PM
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Originally posted by Orpheus
yeah it shoud be around 355 unless almighty did it on purpose. He wanted us to formulate solar system from the text
Quran uses both solar and lunar years. Please read the chapter 18 where God is narrating the story of "sleepers of Ephesus". God narrates their time in the cave as:

[18:25] They stayed in their cave three hundred years, increased by nine.

This unusual style of giving their duration of stay is done to give both solar and lunar duration. In 300 solar years there are 309 lunar years.

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Originally posted by Carte Blanche
Almighty wouldn't like the idea of leap year then either
American Heritage Dictionary defines a solar year as:
The period of time required for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, measured from one vernal equinox to the next and equal to 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45.51 seconds.

So in rounded integer value it is still 365 days.

[Edited on 26-1-2004 by nasif]
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