INTERSTELLAR MATTER
Space outside organized astronomical systems was earlier assumed to be a vacuum. Astrophysicists later discovered the presence of
bridges of matter in this interstellar space. These bridges of matter are called plasma, and consist of completely ionized
gas containing equal number of free electrons and positive ions. Plasma is sometimes called the fourth
state of matter (besides the three known states viz. solid, liquid and gas). The Qur’an refers to
the presence of this interstellar material in the following verse:
الَّذِي خَلَقَ
السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا
“He Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between.” [Al-Qur’an 25:59]
***A similar message is conveyed in the Qur’an in 13:2, 35:13, 39:5 and 39:21.
It would be ridiculous for anyone to even suggest that the presence of interstellar galactic material was known 1400 years ago!
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