Hi, Have you ever wondered how this Universe that we call home all came to be?
Lots of theories about the origins of our Universe have come and gone
Until one theory in particular came along that physicists and cosmologists could agree on.
They agreed on it, of course, because there is scientific evidence to support it.
And you may have heard of it. It’s called The Big Bang Theory.
The founders of this theory are two scientists from the 1920’s.
Georges Lemaîtr and Alexander Friedmann.
They both used Einstein’s theory of relativity
To prove that the Universe is in a constant state of expansion.
Then in 1929, the American astronomer Edwin Hubble
confirmed this theory again after observing evidence that virtually all clusters of galaxies
Appear to be moving away from all other clusters,
Which also indicates that the entire universe is expanding.
Physicists agree that the theory is sound because the Universe is, in fact,
Still expanding even now.
If you open the Quran and read through all the verses that speak about the origin of the Universe,
You will find that it confirms what physicists have been saying about the same topic.
For example, in chapter 51, verse 47,
It says: “And it is We (God) who have built the universe with (Our creative) power
And verily, it is We (God) who are steadily expanding it.”
What we know about the universe is that space was created first
And gave birth to particles, galaxies, stars, the Earth and you and me.
In several places, the Quran also addresses the order in which various things were created
In a manner consistent with what science has discovered.
For example, in chapter 18, verse 51 it says
“I (God) did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves”
The universe expanded from very high density and exploded in gravitational waves.
The same gravitational waves from those colliding black holes in space
That pass through the Earth, causing the universe to stretch and expand over and over again.
In chapter 41 of the Quran, verse 10, it says
“In four days, He made in the Earth what anchors from high above it,
And put baraka in it,
And equally measured out sustenance (of its dwellers) for those who ask.”
Let’s break down the meaning of this verse.
When God says “He made in the Earth what anchors from high above it”
He is referring to the gravitational waves that are coming back from those colliding black holes in space
That act as gravitational anchors to anchor the Earth and anchor things to the Earth.
Then God says he put “Baraka” in it.
“Baraka” is a word that people commonly use for blessings.
But it actually has a deeper meaning,
“It means to grow and increase in volume above and beyond expectations.”
Emphasizing that the Earth started out small
But constantly grew larger and larger.
A strange type of matter caused the expansion of the universe in its early stages.
This matter behaved very differently from the matter that we are familiar with today
Because instead of attracting other matter, it repels it.
This has led physicists to call it anti-matter.
Sounds to me like anti-social matter!
Anti-matter actually disobeys energy and momentum conservation,
It disobeys symmetric charge conjugation and parity,
And it disobeys our current one-directional time arrow
And disobeys causality.
Because the early universe was filled with this type of self-repelling, disobedient matter,
Everything would be pushing against everything else
And that would account for the sudden explosion that gave birth to the universe.
Matter and anti-matter particles are always produced in pairs.
And if they come in contact, they annihilate one another,
Leaving behind pure energy.
So why do we still see matter today?
As far as physicists can tell,
It’s only because, in the end, there was one extra matter particle for every billion matter-antimatter pairs.
After that, the first stars began to form.
They formed from the dense gas of the young universe.
Which came about when a cloud increased in density and then collapsed
Due to the action of the gravitational pull of gravity.
The gravitational pull of gravity managed to anchor more and more matter from the collapsed cloud,
Resulting in the densest gas clumping and anchoring together,
Which eventually led to the formation of stars and even galaxies.
The formation of stars then paved the way for the formation of everything else in our universe.
You see, when a massive star, with a mass several times that of the Sun,
Reaches the end of its life, it compresses and explodes as supernova.
And it appears that exploding stars or supernovae
Are extremely efficient at producing the “dust” or first solid particles
That later forms Earth, like planets, rocks and people.
Verse 11 of that same chapter in the Quran addresses these points
When it says: “Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke
And said to the heavens and the earth, “come into being, willing to obey or disobey.
They both said: ‘We are willing to obey’.”
From this verse, we can derive many things. Firstly, that space was created before earth,
As God says, he created the Earth, while heaven was a smoke.
When God says “while it was smoke” about the heavens,
It’s confirming scientific beliefs that the smoke resulting from the exploding stars or supernova
Existed in space for a long time
Before forming the rocky embryo of the Earth.
So essentially, the Earth was a giant lump of this cosmic dust,
Anchored by gravity, that constantly grew larger and larger.
Once it became large enough, gravity caused the earth to become rounded,
Forming what is called a rocky embryo,
And after 100 million years of this rocky embryo growing,
Voila, we have planet Earth.
The Quran even alludes to the matter and anti-matter that existed in the universe in this verse
When it says “willing to obey or disobey”
And then concludes by telling us
That it is matter, not anti-matter that managed to survive and still exists to this day
when it says: “They said, We are willing to obey”
When astrophysicists joke, they say supernova have bad habits
Because they belch out huge quantities of smoke, known as cosmic dust.
Dr. Loretta Dunne, from Cardiff University
Describes cosmic dust by saying
“Cosmic dust consists of tiny particles of solid material
Floating around in the space between stars.
It’s not the same as house dust but more akin to cigarette smoke.”
Cosmic dust was also responsible for blocking the light emitted from stars and galaxies,
Meaning that for the first 380 000 years or so,
Our universe was essentially too opaque to shine.
Physicist Imre Bartos from Columbia University states
“gravitational waves arrive at Earth long before any light does.”
Which is exactly what verse 12 of chapter 41 indicates
“He made in each heaven its affair. And adorned the nearest heaven with lamps.”
By using the lamps as an analogy for light,
This verse reflects the fact that the universe was in darkness in its early stages.
It further reflects the sequence of events we discussed earlier
As God mentioned “what anchors” first then mentioned the light,
Implying that gravitational waves arrived at earth long before any light did,
Just as physicists such as Imre Bartos would confirm
Over 1400 years later!