INITIAL GASEOUS MASS BEFORE CREATION OF GALAXIES
Scientists agree that before the galaxies in the universe were formed, celestial matter was initially in the form of gaseous matter. In short,
huge gaseous matter or clouds were present before the formation of the galaxies.
To describe initial celestial matter, the word ‘smoke’ is more appropriate than gas. The following Qur’anic verse
refers to this state of the universe by the word dukhaan which means smoke.
ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى
إِلَى السَّمَاء وَهِيَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْضِ اِئْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ
كَرْهًا قَالَتَا أَتَيْنَا طَائِعِينَ
“Moreover, He Comprehended in His design the sky, and it had been (as) smoke: He
said to it and to the earth: ‘Come ye together, willingly or unwillingly.’
They said: ‘We do come (together), in willing obedience.’”
[Al-Qur’an 41:11]
Again, this fact is a corollary to the ‘Big Bang’ and
was not known to anyone before the prophetehood of
Muhammad (Peace be upon him)1. What then, could
have been the source of this knowledge?
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