The Expansion of the Universe

In the Qur’an, which was revealed 14 centuries ago at a time when the science of astronomy was still primitive, the expansion of the universe was described like this:

( And it is We who have constructed the heaven with might, and verily, it is We who are steadily expanding it.) (Surat adh-Dhariyat: 47)

The word “heaven”, as stated in this verse, is used in various places in the Qur’an with the meaning of space and universe. Here again, the word is used with this meaning. In other words, in the Qur’an, it is communicated that the universe “expands”.

And this is the very conclusion that science has reached today.

Until the dawn of the 20th century, the only view prevailing in the world of science was that “the universe has a constant nature and it has existed since infinite time”. The research, observations, and calculations carried out by means of modern technology, however, revealed that the universe in fact had a beginning and that it constantly expands.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian physicist Alexander Friedmann and the Belgian cosmologist Georges Lemaitre theoretically calculated that the universe is in constant motion and that it is expanding.

This fact was proved also by observational data in 1929. While observing the sky with a telescope, Edwin Hubble, the American astronomer, discovered that the stars and galaxies were constantly moving away from each other. A universe where everything constantly moves away from each other implied a constantly expanding universe. The observations carried out in the following years verified that the universe constantly expands. This fact was explained in the Qur’an when it was yet unknown by anyone. This is because the Qur’an is the word of God, the Creator, and the Ruler of the entire universe.


http://www.55a.net/firas/english/index.php...p;select_page=3

It it appears to me that it is like the bible ,in as much that the believers can fit the sayings to any given subject




fullywired

It's just someones lucky guess

How about the Quran 21, 30-33?

what about it?

Well, ya know

Well, not really, I have read it , but I can't figure out did you use it as an argument that they did have advanced knowledge, or as an argument that the expanding universe idea is simply a coincidence in a sea of myths such as in those verses.

Just whatever each individual believes is the right interpretation

I know, but what did you want to point out?

That it's okay for people to believe what they want without feeling like idiots

ok

Okay from here too

See ya, mate

What about the "big bounce" in which " the universe collapsed under its own gravity in a prior phase and then began expanding, creating the universe we know"? Are you sure you want to tie the credibility of your holy book to a scientific theory? It would raise so many questions, like for example why would the universe's expansion be mentioned in the quran but not it's collapse? In my opinion it's much better to separate issues of faith from science. Science will always be a 'work in progress'; can you say the same about the quran? Give unto Caesar things which are Caesar's...