Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe? Previous generations of commentators have not fully known how to interpret this line. Many modern commentators hold that it is a clear reference […]
According to Muhmmad Asad, the term ‘smoke’ means: “I.e., a gas – evidently hydrogen gas, which physicists regard as the primal element from which all material particles of the universe have evolved and still evolve” (The Message of the Quran, pg. 932) The following excerpt is taken from “The Message of the Quran” by Muhammad […]
Quran 51:47: The following excerpt is taken from “Physics and the Holy Quran” by Abdul Rashid Khan: And with Power and Skill (with Hands), We constructed the Firmament (Heaven): And it is We Who create the vastness of space thereof. [Surah Zāriyāt, Ch. 51, Verse 47] We (ALLAH) did create the Heaven with Might and […]
And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing. The Multiple Universes: God Says, “So He ordained them seven heavens in two periods, and revealed […]
The Qur’an and the Creation of the Universe The Qur’an does not have a chapter on the genesis of our universe as do the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Many Christians and Jews believe that God created the universe in six days. Most contemporary contemporary Muslims also believe in the creation of the universe in “six […]
Quran 21:104: On that day when We shall roll up heaven as a scroll for writings; As We originated the first creation, so We shall bring it back again-A promise binding on Us; So We shall do it. The above verse describes the universe as a written scroll of God. The metaphor of the scroll […]
Quran 56:75-76: Then I swear by the setting of the stars, And indeed, it is an oath – if you could know – [most] great. The following excerpt is taken from “Quran: A Reformist Translation” by Edip Yuksel under the commentary of the above verses: Our universe consists of billions of galaxies, each containing billions […]
The following excerpt is taken from “The Quran and Modern Science” by Maurice Bucaille: Stars and Planets The word ‘star’ (najm) in the Quran (86:3) is accompanied by the adjective thaaqib which indicates that it burns and consumes itself as it pierces through the shadows of the night. It was much later discovered that stars […]
