Big Bang And Islam

Allah Almighty created such a huge universe.^¹ And He created it through a Big Bang, through an explosion.^² That explosion was not the kind that makes a sound. Without any sound, it was such a precise explosion that Stephen Hawking says there is so much precision in it, that if a person balances a ballpoint pen on its tip for one billion years, and this ballpoint pen stays standing for one billion years, more balance than this was required for this universe to come into existence.^³ To truly understand how this cosmic design fits into divine wisdom, you can read our detailed scholarly analysis on how Allah created this universe step by step.

The Divine Revelation and the Separation of Creation

Have the disbelievers not seen?^⁴ This is our word-for-word translation. The idiomatic translation is: Have the disbelievers not thought about this point? That the heavens and the earth were joined together, then We separated them, We parted them. And We made every living thing from water. Will they still not believe?^⁴

Unveiling Divine Power in the Cosmos

Allah Almighty showed His power in this verse. Obviously, the way this verse has now clearly come before us, earlier we only had its end result before us that the earth and heavens are made. But this fine detail that the earth and heavens were joined together in the beginning and We tore them apart to separate them, and made every living thing from water, these things have now been established.^⁴ This divine origin set the foundation for all earthly creation, leading directly to the origin of humanity starting with the creation of Hazrat Adam A.S in the beginning.

Cosmic Expansion, Hubble’s Discovery, and Light Speed

Hubble’s Observation and Redshift Spectrum

In 1929, Hubble observed for the first time through a telescope that this universe is expanding.^⁵ The simple test for that is if you draw the spectrum of moving objects and it shifts from green towards red, it means those things are moving away. And if it shifts towards green, things are coming closer.^⁵ So he saw that every heavenly body in the universe, stars, planets, and galaxies, are moving away from each other. The spectrum of all of them is shifting towards red. So this idea clicked for him that it means this universe started from a point that was a single point. From there, this thing spread and such a huge universe came into existence.^⁵ Scientists named it a single point whose volume was zero, but its density was infinite. Meaning, creation ex nihilo.^⁶ Nothing existed, and out of it such a huge thing came out.

Understanding Light Years and Astronomical Scale

Today, scientists and people in the field of astronomy are telling us that the width of this universe discovered so far is almost 63 billion light years. 63 billion light years.^⁷ One light year means if light travels continuously without any stop, the distance it covers in one year is one light year. Nothing faster than light has been discovered in this universe so far. That is why it is shown as a universal constant. In Einstein’s equation E = mc², c is the velocity of light.^⁸ It is so fast that light can circle the earth seven times in one second. The circumference of the earth is 40,000 kilometers. In one second, light can circle the whole earth seven times. It is that fast. This speed comes to 186,000 miles per second. 186,000 miles in one second, which makes almost 300,000 kilometers. Meaning light covers 300,000 kilometers in one second. You cannot even imagine. 300,000 kilometers in one second.^⁸

Measuring Distances in Trillions of Kilometers

That is why distances in the universe are measured in light years. How much distance light will cover in one year, when it covers 300,000 in one second, that becomes billions of kilometers, rather trillions of kilometers. Now this is just one light year. 63 billion light years. Not 63 light years, 63 billion light years.^⁷ And this is the universe that we have discovered so far, and it is continuously expanding.^⁵

There are videos on YouTube that show clear comparisons. Just like the earth is like a small particle compared to the sun, if there are 1.3 million earths, it makes one sun. Similarly, the sun is also like a small particle compared to the whole galaxy. Then, because the galaxy is also like a small particle compared to the whole universe, and their number is also in billions.^⁷

Extreme Precision and the Fall of the Steady State Theory

Allah Almighty created such a huge universe. And He created it through a Big Bang, through an explosion.^² That explosion was not the kind that makes a sound. Without any sound, it was such a precise explosion that Stephen Hawking says there is so much precision in it, that if a person balances a ballpoint pen on its tip for one billion years, and this ballpoint pen stays standing for one billion years, more balance than this was required for this universe to come into existence.^³ If there was a disturbance even by a trillionth of a trillionth part of a second, this universe could not have come into existence.^³ So without any Creator, the universe could not have come into existence with so much harmony.

Einstein, Hubble, and the Steady State Myth

Now this topic is so long that we could speak on it in detail. Anyway, back to Hubble. When Hubble made this discovery, Einstein had also reached the result that this universe is expanding.^⁵ At that time, because the Steady State Theory was popular that the universe has always been like this and is moving like this with no beginning, Einstein modified his theory back then.^⁹ Later, when Hubble saw this thing, Einstein went to Hubble, apologized, and publicly admitted his mistake that he mismanaged it, and he also accepts that this universe expanded.^⁹

The Expanding Universe and Living Things Made of Water

Surah Adh-Dhariyat and the Concept of Expansion

It came in Surah Adh-Dhariyat that We created this universe and We are expanding it.^¹⁰ In older times, the translation used to be that We are Capable. Today we translate that Allah Almighty is expanding this universe.^¹⁰ So many people object why people in older times did not know this translation. The translation they did was completely correct according to their time. It is still valid today. Today science helped us make more progress, so the translation we do now is also valid in the same way. This is the beauty of the Quran that the Quran will never become old. People of today will only have interest in it if the Quran does not become old.

The verse was present from the beginning. Everything floats in the universe and is in continuous motion,^¹¹ but still the concept came among Muslims that the earth is still. Today when science explained it, people are saying that translation was wrong. The earth being still is correct in the sense that it is stable, but it is not correct in the sense that it is not moving. So we saw that the earth is moving. We also saw the round, spherical shape of the earth. All these things have now come into common observation. The whole world was shown through cameras. So now people realized that it was already written in the Quran.^¹¹ Whatever was written in the Quran, people of that time understood according to their limited knowledge, and it was correct in its place. But now with time, as more things are explored, it should be accommodated, because the book of Allah does not get old.

So this thing was established in the 20th century that Allah Almighty created the universe ex nihilo from non-existence into existence,^⁶ and then continuously expanded it.^¹⁰ The hint towards that is that the earth and heavens were joined together and We tore them apart to separate them.^⁴

Idiomatic Meaning of “Not Seen” and Biological Laws

Have the disbelievers not seen?^⁴ Here, “not seen” does not mean seeing physically. It means observe this universe. This is said idiomatically. Just like we say many things in Urdu linguistics idiomatically, it does not mean physical experience at all.

Some time ago, a Hindu brother raised an objection, so in reply I recorded a detailed answer titled “Reply to Hindu Brother on Surah Anbiya Verse 30”. You can watch that.

Anyway, one universal truth established in this is from the point of view of the Big Bang Theory,^² and the second is a law of biology that has been finalized. There are only two laws that are completely final. One is that living things cannot be made from non-living things.^¹² A hen will lay an egg and a chick will come out of it. You cannot make an egg yourself. Similarly, for mammals, whatever material you take and breed in a controlled environment in a laboratory, it will be taken from a living thing. So living things are not made from non-living things.^¹²

Creation of Life From Water and Clay Elements

And second, every living thing mentioned here, We made every thing from water. Will they still not believe?^⁴ So Allah Almighty told something that was truly a new thing for the people of that time. For people living in Arabia, where there was more sand than water, if it were said that everything is made of sand, you could say it was their common observation. If, God forbid, this book was written by the Prophet himself. The Creator of this universe told this fact that Allah Almighty made every living thing from water.^⁴

That is why today scientists are searching for water on other planets. They say as soon as water is found, it means life will be present there. This is such a universal truth. Right now, most part of our body is water. It also came in the Holy Quran that Allah created human from clay,^¹³ created from a drop of water,^¹⁴ created from sounding clay.^¹³ All these statements are correct. Clay was used, water was also used. Just as we say for tea that I made tea with milk, I made tea with tea leaves, and if you want to add water, water also makes tea. All these things are used to make tea. Similarly, all these things were used to create human beings, but water is a main critical thing in it. Human life is dependent on this water later as well. Human cannot stay alive without water. Human existence was completed on Earth when motherly compassion began with the first mother of humanity, Hazrat Eve (Amma Hawwa).

So two truths were stated: one, expanding universe and Big Bang Theory;^²¹⁰ second, creation of every living thing from water.^⁴

Mountain Stabilization, Water Paths, and Protected Sky

Dynamic Balancing Through Mountains

In the next verse, another physical phenomenon of nature is discussed.

And We placed firm mountains in the earth so that it does not shake with them.^¹⁵ The dynamic balancing of the earth, just like wheel balancing where weight is added at different places to dynamically balance it, the earth is also rotating. It rotates around its axis and around the sun.^¹¹ Then it has a sine wave motion, and it moves at a specific angle. It has four types of motions. Allah balanced it through mountains.^¹⁵

And We made wide paths in these mountains so that they could find their way.^¹⁵ And Allah made water the means for this too. For millions of years, water gets stored in the form of glaciers on mountains after evaporating from the sea. When it melts from the heat of the sun, it finds its own way, and now proper paths are formed inside mountains. That is why when roads are built, those paths are kept in mind. If you go to northern areas in Pakistan, the road runs alongside the river so you can reach your destination through the shortest path. Allah placed these paths naturally.^¹⁵

The Sky as a Protected Ceiling (Atmosphere & Magnetosphere)

And We made the sky a protected ceiling.^¹⁶ Now its meaning can be explained in two ways. One is that the ceiling of the sky itself is very strong. The second is that it keeps us safe. Allah Almighty made this sky the means of survival for humanity.^¹⁶

Now what is meant by seven heavens here?^¹⁷ Its details are not told to us. Some people call the layers of the atmosphere as sky too, like the stratosphere, troposphere, and ozone layer.^¹⁸ See how ozone stops millions of wavelengths of different rays coming from the sun. Otherwise, no living being would stay safe on this earth. Every day, the magnetic field of the earth repels millions of tons of harmful things coming from the sun. If that ends too, life cannot remain on this earth. These are two big fine-tunings I told you.^¹⁸

Earth as a Miracle Planet and Lifeboat

In the universe, on this planet Earth, there are millions of fine-tunings present.^³ If even one gets disturbed, for example if the amount of oxygen gets disturbed, no living being can stay alive. If the distance of the sun from the earth increases or decreases, no one will stay alive. All these things show that this earth was designed so that creatures could live here.^¹⁸

I was watching a video the other day. That video was not God-oriented, but it was describing this earth as a miracle planet. In it, a foreigner wrote very good comments below that this earth is a lifeboat in this universe. Just like if someone has a lifeboat in the Pacific or Atlantic, their whole life depends on it, otherwise they will drown in the sea. This earth along with its creatures would drown, but Allah designed it in such a way that for so many creatures, it holds less than a particle’s share in this entire universe. It is a lifeboat. Life is maintained because of it, and Allah designed it like this. Earth is a miracle planet in this universe.^¹⁸

Summary Comparison of Scientific and Quranic Discoveries

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What We Thought

Reflecting on the cosmic precision described in both astrophysics and divine revelation highlights the deep harmony between true science and the Holy Quran. From the silent explosion of the Big Bang to the protective ozone layer and the biological necessity of water, every discovery underscores a universe designed with intentional balance. Far from being a product of random chance, planet Earth stands as a uniquely fine-tuned lifeboat engineered by the Almighty to sustain life across generations.