The Scientific Miracle - The Existing Universe in the Quran - Part 4
Source: http://www.usislam.org/92exist.htm
Copyright © By Dr. Adel Elsaie, Book Title: "History of Truth, The Truth
about God and Religions"
The Quran is full of reflections on the heavens. Instead of a continuous
narration, there are verses scattered all over the entire Book which deal with
certain aspects of Creation and provide information on the successive events
marking its development with varying degrees of details. To gain a clear idea
of how these events are presented, the scattered verses must all be examined
together. This is quite easy now, since there are dictionaries for all the
words in the Quran, and one can obtain all the Ayat that deal with a particular
subject. Again, it is extremely important to keep in mind that the Quran is a
Divine Book and not a science book. These verses are scattered in many chapters
to serve the purpose of reflection on the Glory of the Almighty in many places
and in many times. Occasionally, one listens to the Quran without grasping the
divine meaning of the verse. When one is ready to receive and feel the meaning
of a certain Ayah, then this becomes a great
spiritual experience.
The Expansion
Expansion of the universe is one of the most awesome discoveries of the
twentieth century. The evidences for expansion of the universe are so powerful
to the extent that it is considered a fact. The discussions of cosmologists are
focusing now on the mechanism and the factors that affect this expansion.
Allah refers to the expanding universe in the following verse:
Surah 51, Ayah 47 "We have built the firmaments with might and we indeed
have vast power."
The above translation does not reflect the actual meaning of the Ayah. Any
Arab speaking person will translate the above verse as follows:
"We have built the skies with might and we indeed are expanding (them)"
The Arabic verb used means continually expanding, and refers to the previous
noun that is the skies. Other translations of this verb include "width and
generosity", and "to make them wider." One of the translations called "The
choice" or in Arabic "Montakhab", stated clearly its meaning that the universe
is expanding.
The fact is that Allah described the expansion of the universe in a short
sentence. Muhammad stated this fact that took humanity ages to discover and
measure. Who told him that? This fact could not be envisioned in the seventh
century and authored by an unlettered Arab when he had no previous knowledge
about cosmology. It must have been a divine inspiration!
Interstellar Material
Throughout the Quran, Allah refers to the skies and the earth and what is
between them:
Surah 15, Ayah 85 "We created not the heavens, the earth, and all that in
between them, but for just ends."
Surah 50, Ayah 38 "We created the heavens and the earth and all between them
in six days, nor any sense of weariness touch us."
What is in between the skies and the earth? The creation of the universe
occurred by condensing the material of the primary nebula followed by its
division into fragments that constituted the primary Protogalaxies, the first
celestial bodies. The latter split up into galaxies, stars and planets. The
concept of having some form of interstellar material was recently introduced to
account for the huge missing mass of the universe. Does this interstellar
material consist of cosmic strings that, if they exist, have tremendously dense
matter and energy? Does this interstellar material consist of neutrinos or
black holes? Here we are in the twenty-first century and we just do not know
what is this ghost matter. Their more scientific name is "interstellar
material" There is no doubt now that interstellar material exists and it can be
imagined as bridges of material between or inside galaxies.
Until recently, no one ever dreamt of a matter of such magnitude and weight
existed. Yet an unlettered Arab in the seventh century spoke of this very same
interstellar material. If he were the author of the Quran, how did he come up
with such a concept that was only discovered recently? And the exact nature of
this interstellar material is still unknown. These findings should further
stimulate an attempt to understand and dissect each word of the Quran very
carefully, thus shedding light on what we still do not know. And God Knows the
Best.
Source: http://www.usislam.org/92exist.htm
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