I have read those verses about big bang, but that was many years later when i came to live in USA then i read about dicovery of tow scientests a bout big bang( that was exactly stated in Qur'an). Just to clarify, I understand that Arabic words can mean multiple things - 'samaa' can be either "sky" or "heaven"- but is it possible to know for certain which of these meanings is meant in 51:47 (i.e without using a potential scientific interpretation)? The expansion of the universe is the increase of the distance between two distant parts of the universe with time. och vi ro de som utvidgat den: If you wish, you could also interpret the verse without using the interpretation that lean to the scientific view. Secondly, it makes no sense to suggest it means God is expanding the universe after the verse has just said God has built (past tense) the sky and since the universe was already expanding nine billion years before the sky was formed. [Al-Qurub]: Ibn Abbs said, We are powerful, able. And it is said, We have great vastness (in ability) in creating it and in creating other things besides it, nothing that we desire (to create) is difficult upon us. And it is said, We have made expansive the provision for our creation from Ibn Abbs as well. In Surah 96, the "clot" corresponded with how people understood childbirth at the time. The first request to debunk was the claim that the Quran "revealed" that there is a barrier between fresh and salt waters: [Noble Quran 55:19-20] He has let free the two seas meeting to gather. Let's see the verse!In the meantime, let me give you some actual references. This rubbing cannot be heard by human ears, but some Muslims claim this discovery reinforces the story of Solomon having a conversation with an ant. I think :> )The Quran is not meant to be proved by miracles, its an just all in one guide to understanding Life and God. the Big Bang theory. Wow! The word "We are able to" is the word "laqadiron" () which is according to the scholars a synonym of "lamosi'on" in this context. It says God created the earth, then he created the hills on the earth, and then it says he turned to the heavens when they were smoke. It is he who created the night and day, and the sun and the moon all swim along, each in its rounded course. (Surah 21:33). Lately scholars have adopted your quoted translation with the explanation that the earlier translators didn't know that the universe was expanding. Earth. He has knowledge of all things. (Surah 2:29) First of all, modern science usually specifies five layers, not seven. The Universe expansion rate is actually increasing. This remnant heat is exactly what Penzias and Wilson found. In 1965, It is also worth noting that the Quran always mentions the semen but nowhere does it mention the female egg or the actual process of fertilization, which one would expect to be in any basic description, if it was known about by the author. The only conclusion that could be derived from a universe where everything moves away from everything else is that the universe constantly 'expands'. When we compare the statements in the verse with the Big Bang theory, we see that they fully agree with each other. (The reason I mention it to be subjective is because todays scholars/translators do not mention the traditional view.) meaning of the verse. verse of the Quran to his companions that ultimately stated that the universe is discovery that confirmed the Big Bang theory. A Reply To Dan Gibson. [1] The First Quran 51:47. it, Be, and it is. (Quran 36:81-82). as follows: the "them" in this verse refers to the disbelievers and those who rejected Allahs signs in first place as it is them who will discover their truth (see also this fatwa islamqa #217157), so one way people may discover the truth of Islam is by discovering the truth of its message, not because Muslims show or found this to be truth, but because they were confronted with the truth in their own discoveries
