Qur'an & science

two basic pieces of information about the standard cosmological model are provided in the Qur'an

scientists learned that the universe had a beginning (Big Bang) and was expanding (Inflation) by reading the radiation and heavenly bodies in space thanks to the possibilities of modern science. however, these fundamental data are not at all new to mankind. mankind has been reading these two facts, which scientists were only able to read in the depths of space in the 20th century, in the Qur'an for the last 1,400 years.

in the Qur'an, and in the Torah and the Bible that were corrupted after their revelation, God has revealed that the universe and all matter were created out of nothing; in the Qur'an, the only text that has not been corrupted, He reveals one other miraculous secret that the universe is expanding.

the way the universe came into "being" from "non-being" is reported thus in the Qur'an:

He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth.
{QS al-An'aam 101}

the expansion of the universe, one of the main areas of research of modern science, is revealed in this verse:

And it is We Who have constructed the heaven with might, and it is We Who are steadily expanding it.
{QS adz-Dzaariyaat 47}

two elements of the standard cosmological model, the Big Bang and Inflation, were reported in the Qur'an at a time when the means of astronomical observation were very limited. this represents clear proof that the Qur'an was revealed by God. the findings of modern science are in complete agreement with what is related in the Qur'an, and these latest studies once again draw attention to that close compatibility.

I believe that everything mentioned in the Qur'an 1400 years ago is true and can be proven by scientific methods... This must be by inspiration from God, or Allah, Who knows all science. Thus, I believe that this is the time to say: "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." {Prof. Tejatat Tejasen, Head of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Chiang Mai, Thailand}

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where is god

despite having faith in the existence of Allah, many people hold extremely erroneous convictions about where He is. the materialistic outlook on life accounts mainly for these convictions. because the materialist maintains that nothing really exists except matter, he inevitably assumes that Allah has to be within the material universe yet fails to imagine the kind of space He might inhabit.

the Qur'an relates that people of the same mentality existed in the past. in order to see Allah, the Pharaoh ordered a tower to be built which would extend to the heavens. his erroneous belief was the result of a failure to understand Allah's attributes and his presumption about absoluteness of matter:

And Pharaoh said, 'O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Haman, [a fire] upon the clay and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars.'
[QS al-Qashash 38]

but Allah is the Creator of space, and He is unbounded by it. it is only created beings that are bound by space, and Allah is exalted above all creation, while He encompasses all of it in knowledge.

people under influence of the materialist view of life fail to grasp this obvious truth, assuming that Allah resides in the heavens. some people look up into the sky while praying, but a person who knows that Allah is all-aware feels His presence wherever he turns. Allah informs us of this reality:

And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah...
[QS al-Baqarah 115]

"If My servants ask you about Me, I am near (to them)..."
[QS al-Baqarah 186]

...We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein.
[QS Qaf 16]