Questions about planets and stars that no one asked themselves

Written by / ABDULHUSSEIN AL-DAGHRY

Have you ever thought about watching the stars!? Did the places from which you watch those planets moving in the sky cross your mind!? Did it cross your mind when that would be!?? And did you feel that desire and imagine the pleasure, while contemplating God's creation!? Of course not.

Before the appearance of stone buildings and before the appearance of heating and cooling and before the appearance of technology that occupied family members and kept them away from each other even though they lived in one house and might sit in one place, we used to sleep in the courtyards of our homes while looking at the sky and we might stay up late in the courtyard of the house, watching the sky decorated with stars amidst the dim light that the moonlight and stars overshadowed, where the clear sky was beyond our control because our lives were like this.

Certainly those who lived through this period share my opinion, how we used to wander absent-mindedly before the greatness of the Creator, and suddenly one of the stars falls from among the stars and falls, we do not know where!

Sometimes we see a bright star moving among the stars and it is not an airplane, and when we ask our people, they are satisfied with the answer that it is a bright artificial satellite, without going into details with us.

I return to my questions at the beginning of this article: did, did, did... etc.

I feel nostalgic for that beautiful time and for the familiarity and exchange of stories and tales and mutual experiences and life problems under the light of the moon and stars, and I wish I could practice (the sport) of watching the planets and stars as they shine with their different sizes and varying strengths of light.

Watching the stars is not only a pleasure, but also a contemplation of what Allah Almighty has created, as He repeats the oath by the positions of the stars, in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful {So I swear by the positions of the stars, and indeed, it is a great oath, if you only knew} and His Almighty saying, {It is not for the sun to overtake the moon}, {Nor does the night outstrip the day}, {And each, in an orbit, floats}, where the power of the Creator, glory be to Him, is manifested in the sky that He built in six days in His Almighty saying: {And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days}. Therefore, we have many places around the globe to watch the planets and stars if we encourage ourselves to do so, and accordingly I invite all readers to take this step and search for those places, each in his country, to enjoy watching the sky at night, including Examples, but not limited to:

Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

Lehbab Desert, Dubai, UAE

Pinnacles Desert, Cervantes, Australia

Kerry, Ireland

Al Quwa Area, Abu Dhabi

Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA

Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

Mleiha Observatory, Sharjah

Sedona, Arizona, USA

Andes, Santiago, Chile

Al Thuraya Astronomy Center, Mushrif Park, Dubai

Blue Mountains, Sydney

Jebel Hafeet, Abu Dhabi

Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Vicentin Coast Nature Park, Algarve, Portugal

Greater Zion, Utah, USA

Hatta Mountains, Dubai

Aoraki Mount Cook, New Zealand

Atacama Desert, Chile

Rub' al Khali Desert, southeast of the UAE

South Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi