Inviting Reflections on the Qur’an: Creation and Expansion of the Universe (6)

Muhammad P.B.U.H. is reported to have said:"لا تنقضي عجائب القراّن و لا يخلق عن كثرة الرد فاتلوه" (The wonders of Qur’an will never come to an end, and it will never cause boredom for its readers; therefore, read it). Al-Tirmidhi: Chapter Fadl al-Qur’an, P. 143.

About Allah’s creation following verses or parts thereof should be considered carefully:

Allah says: "أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَٰهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَىٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ"- (Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as a single entity) and then We set them apart. We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe (in Him)?) Surah 21: Verse 30. About cosmological expansion Allah says: وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ (And (as for) the heaven (the space), We have made it by (Our) might and We can, certainly, expand (it). Surah 51: Verse 47.

Here the Arabic word: "رتقا" is a key-word which means: one mass. The meaning of this word becomes clearer in Islamic Fiqh "رتقا"is a virgin whose hymen is intact as one entity and not ruptured. The “Big Bang Cosmological Model of the Universe” has affirmed in recent years that in the process of creation the heavens and the earth were conjoined as one entity in the beginning and then they became apart. This theory, after having collected empirical evidences, further affirmed the Qur’anic statement about the cosmological acceleration and expansion of the universe. (For details please see “Big Bang” on Wikipedia). More than seven hundred verses of the Qur’an deal with the natural phenomena, and natural laws invite us for meditation and seeking guidance in order to understand our role on earth and in the kingdom of All Mighty Lord.
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