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Creation of the heavens and the earth and math confirmation

Introduction

The creation of the universe is not a  mystery to us what we know from the Quran, the final scripture of God supported by the discovery of the modern science, making it distinct from what is found in the Torah: the first creation account is divided into seven days during which God creates light (day 1); the sky (day 2); the earth, seas, and vegetation (day 3); the sun and moon (day 4); animals of the air and sea (day 5); and land animals and humans (day 6). God rested from His work on the seventh day of creation, the Sabbath. The Quran does not describe the creation of the universe in a sequence rather giving verses scattered all over it to make a general reflection to the aspect of the events of creation, and to get a clear idea the scattered verses across a large number of surahs have to be brought together, while there are differences and resemblances to the Bible.

Here are details from the Quran that we can be true believers in God and that we can worship Him without associating partners with Him, while He has blessed us to confirm the creation of the universe identifying 3 sets of verses from the Quran reflecting to three indicators:

  • God has created the heavens and the earth parting from a single mass and all living creatures from the water, while He has created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them with the truth for an appointed term that a day will be blown in the trumpet to recompense every soul for whatever it has earned, and there are signs in it for the believers that He has exalted so high to reflect not to associate partners with Him:

[21:30] Do not see those who have disbelieved that the heaven and the earth had been a single mass, then we have parted them? And we have made every living thing from the water. Do they not then believe?

[6:73] And He is One who has created the heavens and the earth with the truth, and a Day He says: “Be,” then it is! His word is the truth. And to Him is the sovereignty, a Day will be blown in the trumpet, Knower of the unseen and the seen. And He is the Wise, the Cognizant.

[14:19] Do you not see that God has created the heavens and the earth with the truth? If He wills, He could remove you and bring of a new creation.

[15:85] And we have not created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between of them except with the truth. And the Hour is surely coming. So you shall overlook the gracious attractiveness.

[16:3] He has created the heavens and the earth with the truth. He has exalted so high above what they associate.

[29:44] God has created the heavens and the earth with the truth. Indeed, in that there is surely a sign for the believers.

[30:8] Do they not reflect within themselves? God has not created the heavens and the earth, and what is between themselves except with the truth and for an appointed term? And indeed, most of the people are surely disbelievers in meeting of their Lord.

[39:5] He has created the heavens and the earth with the truth. He rotates the night over the day, and He rotates the day over the night. And He has committed the sun and the moon, each running for an appointed term. Unquestionably, He is the Almighty, the Forgiving.

[44:39] We have not created both of them (the heavens and the earth) except with the truth, but most of them do not know.

[45:22] And God has created the heavens and the earth with the truth, and that every soul may be recompensed for whatever it has earned, and they will not be wronged.

[46:3] We have not created the heavens and the earth, and what is between of them except with the truth, and for an appointed term. And those who have disbelieved from what they have been warned are those who turn away.

[64:3] He has created the heavens and the earth with the truth, and He has designed you, then He has given your best shapes, and to Him is the final return.

Mathematical confirmation

God has created the heavens and the earth from a single mass and whatever is between of them with the truth found in 12 verses of the Quran across 12 surahs, and if the relevant surah and verse number are added, the sum is a multiple of 19 => 703 (19X37) as detailed in the table below:
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Note: This mathematical confirmation is an explicit proof that God has created the heavens and the earth and whatever between them with the truth for an appointed term that a day its end is coming to compensate us what we have earned.

  • God has created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days indicating a day that means a period of time when a day was not fixed by rotation of the earth around the sun, and has established Himself on the Throne to dispose all affairs as well as to test us who is better in his deed towards Him, while the night covers the day pursuing in persistence, and the sun, the moon and the stars are committed by His command. There is no protector for us other than Him nor is there any intercessor with Him except His permission:

[7:54] Indeed, your Lord is God, One Who has created the heavens and the earth in six days, then He has established Himself on the Throne. The night covers the day pursuing it in persistence; and the sun, and the moon, and the stars are committed by His command; undoubtedly, to Him is the creation and the command. Blessed is God, Lord of the worlds.

[10:3] Indeed, your Lord is God Who has created the heavens and the earth in six days, then He has established Himself on the Throne to dispose the affair. There is no intercessor, except after His permission. That is God your Lord that you shall worship Him. Then will you not take heed?

[11:7] And He is One Who has created the heavens and the earth in six days, and has been His Throne upon the water that He can test you which of you has been better in deed. And if you said: “Indeed, you will be resurrected after the death.” Surely, those who disbelieved would say: “This is not but a clear magic!”

[25:59] One Who has created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between both of them in six days, then He has established Himself on the Throne, the Gracious that you shall ask (forgiveness) of Him Who is Cognizant (of sin of His servants).

[32:4] God is One Who has created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between both of them in six days, then He has established Himself on the Throne. There is no protector for you other than Him, nor is there any intercessor. Then will you not take heed?

[50:38] And certainly, we have created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between both of them in six days, and no fatigue has touched us.

[57:4] He is One Who has created the heavens and the earth in six days, then He has established Himself on the Throne. He knows what enters into the earth and what comes forth from it, and what descends from the sky and what ascends into it; and He is with you wherever you have been. And God is Seer of what you do.

Mathematical confirmation

God has created the heavens and the earth in six days found in 7 verses of the Quran across 7 surahs, and if the relevant surah and verse number are added, the sum is a multiple of 19 => 361(19X19) as detailed in the table below:
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Note: This mathematical confirmation is an explicit proof not to have any doubt that God has created the heavens and the earth and whatever between them in six days and has established Himself on the Throne to dispose all affairs.

  • God has also blessed us to understand that He has designed the expanding universe with seven heavens and the same number of earth, and has calculated provisions for all living creatures in the earth. He has created the seven heavens and earth like of them in two days followed by the gaseous condition, while He has calculated the provisions for all on the earth in four days Thus, He has completed the universe including all matters of each heaven and adorning the lowest heaven in six days:

[2:29] He is One who has created for you all what is in the earth, then He has turned to the heaven and has designed them as seven heavens, and He is Knower of everything.

[17:44] Glorifies for Him the seven heavens and the earth, and whatever is in them, and there is not a thing except to glorify of His praise, but you do not comprehend their glorification. Indeed, He has been Compassionate, Forgiving.

[23:17] And certainly, we have created above you seven layers, and we have not been unaware from the creation.

[23:86] Say, “Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the great Throne?”

[41:9] Say, “Do you indeed, surely disbelieve in One who has created the earth in two days and set up competitors for Him? That is Lord of the worlds.”

[41:10]  And He has placed therein mountains on it, and He has blessed therein and has calculated therein its provisions in four days for those who ask.

[41:11] Then He turned to the heaven when it was still gas, then He said to it and to the earth, “Come both of you in willingness or unwillingness.” They both said, “We have come being willing.”

[41:12] Thus, He completed seven heavens in two days and inspired to each heaven its matters. And we have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps and guard. That is a design of the Almighty, the Knower.

[51:47] And the heaven we have constructed it with strength, and indeed, we are surely expanding.

[65:12] God is One who has created seven heavens and of the earth like of them. The command descends between of them that you may know that God has power over everything and that God certainly has encompassed of everything with knowledge.

[67:3] He is One who has created seven layered heavens. You do not see any flaw in creation of the Gracious. So turn the vision, do you see any flaw?

[71:15] Do you not see how God has created seven layered heavens?

[78:12] And we have built above you strong seven (heavens).

Mathematical confirmation

God has designed and created the expanding universe with the seven heavens and the same number of earth in six days found in 13 verses of the Quran across 9 surahs, and if the relevant surah and verse number are added, the sum is a multiple of 19 => 722(19X38) as detailed in the table below:
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Note: This mathematical confirmation is an explicit proof of separating the seven heavens and the earth like of them along with calculating provision for all in the earth in six days being a part of the phenomenon in the creation of the expanding universe not to have any doubt that God has power over everything and has encompassed everything with His knowledge.

In addition to 3 sets of core verses, there are verses in the Quran to reflect to the creation of the heavens and the earth as well as signs in them for the believers, while there are verses for the disbelievers to pay their attention to the conquest of the creation with permission of God:

[3:190] Indeed, in creation of the heavens and the earth, and alternation of the night and the day, surely, there are signs for possessors of the understanding.

[3:191] Those who remember God in standing, and sitting, and on their sides, while they reflect in creation of the heavens and the earth: “Our Lord, You have not created this in vain. Glory is Yours; so, save us from punishment of the Fire.

[45:3] Indeed, in the heavens and the earth, there are surely signs for the believers.

[21:31] And we have placed mountains in the earth, lest it tumbles with them, and we have made wide ways therein, that they may be guided.

[21:32] And we have made the sky to be a protected roof, while they turn away from its signs.

[21:33] And He is One who has created the night and the day as well as the sun and the moon – each is rotating in an orbit.

[15:14] And if we had opened for them a gate into the sky that they would have continued to ascend;

[15:15] they would have surely said, “Has only been dazzled our eyes. Nay, we are a bewitched people.”

[15:16] And certainly, we have made constellation in the sky, and have decorated it for the observers.

[55:33] O community of the jinn and the human, if you have been able to pass boundaries of the heavens and the earth, then you shall pass. You cannot pass except by authority.

We may also reflect to the verses in it that God is powerful over all things and to focus on His greatness to make us winners in the Hereafter if we worship God Who is Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth and Lord of the worlds without associating partner(s) with Him being aware that a day the heavens and the earth will come to an end when will be punished those who have denied or have failed to reflect to His power and greatness:

[3:189] And to God belong dominion of the heavens and the earth, and God has power over everything.

[4:126] And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and God has been Encompassing of all things.

[39:67] And they have not appraised God truth of His appraisal; and the whole earth will be at His Grip on a Day of the Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded at His Right Hand. Glory is His, and He has exalted so High from what they associate.

[45:37] And to Him belong the greatness in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Almighty, the Wise.

[45:27] And to God belong dominion of the heavens and the earth, and a day the Hour to come; that day the falsifiers will lose.

[45:36] So to God belong all praise, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of the worlds.

Conclusion

The review gives us a clear idea to make a reflection to the aspect on the events of creation, while there are 3 sets of verses in the Quran consisting of 32 verses that provide us the explicit proofs that God has created the universe for an appointed term. In them there are three indicators associated with each set to identify each: (1) God has created the heavens and the earth with the truth from a single mass for an appointed term to recompense us a day, (2) He has created the heavens and the earth and whatever between them in six days indicating a day to be a period of time rather than a day for the earth rotating the sun and has established Himself on the Throne to dispose all affairs, and (3) He has designed and created the expanding universe from the gaseous state with the seven heavens and the same number of earth in six days, while He has adorned the lowest heaven with lamps and guards.

There are also other verses in it for the believers to reflect to the creation of the heavens and the earth as well as signs in them, and a day is coming when it will end, while there are also verses for the disbelievers to pay their attention to the conquest of the universe. Thus, the scientific discoveries around the creation of the universe with regard to the Big Bang theory, the expanding universe and the most recent discovery about the seven earth-like planets orbiting a star called TRAPPIST-1 should convince us to believe that the Quran has given us the most accurate data about the creation of the universe to have no disputes with modern science rather making it a source of knowledge to explore for finding the facts from the creation of God investigating with the knowledge of modern science.

However, if we can reflect that God is powerful over all things and can focus on His greatness, we would worship God Who is Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth and Lord of the worlds without associating partner(s) with Him being aware that a day the heavens and the earth will come to an end when will be punished those who have denied or have failed to reflect to His power and greatness. Thus, we may save us from the punishment of God reflecting to the creation of the universe and asking Him: “Our Lord, You have not created this in vain. Glory is Yours; so, save us from the Fire.”, dedicating our all praise and prayers to Him alone avoiding all misconceptions and innovations around us to make us winners in the Hereafter being the Quran is not only a religious text for finding the right path for us, but it is also a source of fundamentals for finding facts on the aspect of events of the creation of God.

Peaceful Friday, salaam and God bless.

Tafazzal (07/26/2024).

  1. Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological modem for the birth of the universe. The model postulates that at some moment all of space was contained in a single point from which the universe has been expanding ever since. Modern measurements place this moment at approximately 13.8 billion years ago, which is thus considered the age of the universe. After the initial expansion, the universe cooled sufficiently to allow the formation of subatomic particles, and later simple atoms. Giant clouds of these primordial elements later coalesced through gravity to form stars and galaxies. The Big Bang theory does not provide any explanation for the initial conditions of the universe; rather it describes and explains the general evolution of the universe going forward from that point on.

[21:30] Do the unbelievers not realize that the heaven and the earth used to be one solid mass that we exploded into existence? And from water we made all living things. Would they believe?

[21:31] And we placed on earth stabilizers, lest it tumbles with them, and we placed straight roads therein, that they may be guided.

[21:32] And we rendered the sky a guarded ceiling. Yet, they are totally oblivious to all the portents therein.

The creation of the universe is explained by the astrophysicists in a widely accepted phenomenon, popularly known as the “Big Bang.” According to their findings and research for decades, they concluded that the whole universe was one big single entity known as ‘Big Bang’ which resulted in the formation of galaxies, stars, planets, the sun, the moon etc. This theory was revealed in 1927 a few hundreds of years ago whereas we find it in the Quran 1400 years ago.

Once scientists understood that the universe was expanding, they immediately realized that it would have been smaller in the past. At some point in the past, the entire universe would have been a single mass. This point, later called the big bang, was the beginning of the universe as we understand it today.

  1. The Expanding Universe

For thousands of years, astronomers wrestled with basic questions about the size and age of the universe. In 1929, Edwin Hubble, an astronomer at Caltech, discovered that the universe is expanding whereas God has mentioned it in the Quran 1400 years ago.

[51:47] And the heaven we have constructed it with strength, and indeed, we are surely expanding.

[51:47] We constructed the sky with our hands, and we will continue to expand it.

[69:17] The angels will be all around, and Your Lord’s dominion will then encompass eight (universes).

In 1929 Edwin Hubble, working at the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California, measured the redshifts of a number of distant galaxies. He also measured their relative distances by measuring the apparent brightness of a class of variable stars called Cepheids in each galaxy. When he plotted redshift against relative distance, he found that the redshift of distant galaxies increased as a linear function of their distance. The only explanation for this observation is that the universe was expanding.

The expanding universe is finite in both time and space. The reason that the universe did not collapse, as Newton’s and Einstein’s equations said it might, is that it had been expanding from the moment of its creation. The universe is in a constant state of change. The expanding universe, a new idea based on modern physics, laid to rest the paradoxes that troubled astronomers from ancient times until the early 20th Century.

Earth-like planets discovered orbiting a star

Astronomers have found at least seven earth-sized planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away recently published in the journal Nature. These seven exoplanets are all found in tight formation around an ultra-cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. Estimates of their mass also indicate that they are rocky planets, rather than being gaseous like Jupiter. Three planets out of seven are in the habitable zone of the star, known as TRAPPIST-1e, f and g, and may even have oceans on the surface according to researchers. The researchers also believe that TRAPPIST-1f in particular is the best candidate for supporting life. It is a bit cooler than Earth, but could be suitable with the right atmosphere and enough greenhouse gases.

Based on preliminary climate modeling, the researchers believe that the three planets closest to the star may be too warm to support liquid water, while the outermost planet, TRAPPIST-1h, is probably too distant and cold to support water on the surface. Like the moon, the planets closest to the star are tidally locked. This means that the planets always face one way to the star. One side of the planet is perpetually night, while the other is always day.

This discovery outside of our solar system is rare because the planets have the winning combination of being similar in size to Earth and being all temperate, meaning they could have water on their surfaces and potentially support life. However, researchers are encouraged by the discovery of this system because it improves their chances of finding another habitable planet, like Earth, in the future, by knowing where to look.

Although 40 light-years away doesn’t sound too far, it would take us millions of years to reach this star system. But from a research perspective, it is a close opportunity and the best target to search for life beyond our solar system. Life may begin and evolve differently on other planets, so finding the gases that indicate life is the key, according to the researchers. Since this type of star evolves so slowly, this star system will probably outlive us and when our sun dies, TRAPPIST-1 will still be a young star and will live for another trillion years. Thus, after we are gone, if there is another part of the universe for life to carry on, it may be in the TRAPPIST-1 system.