The creation of the heavens and the Earth
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Peace
This "stages" thing used by even Muslim intellects, is such a poor attempt at a worst, obvious eye wash. The Quran does not need this kind of sorry support from us to stand its challenges and for us to change the meaning of the word, yawm. Day is a day, check the Arabic. The Bible -Genesis makes such a huge mess in this ( so does hadith, taking the que from Bible) that it can not get out of, because God was resting on Saturday or Sunday, probably being exhausted , after all the creating. The Quran answers that issue. Any way the important point is, "a day", has a subjective definition, as some posts tried to highlight above.
Jupiter rotates in 10 hours ( being the fastest in the system) and Venus some 240+ days, so a day there will be about 100 times the earth . Day is subjective depending on where you are on the universe and how fast you are rotating, and also ours is not the only Sun everything else rotates around. God says one day is equal to 50,000 years (704) and also it is 1000 years in (2247) , so you can use all this information in the Quran to determine when the matter ( again definition, if we go for the big bang) was formed.
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Salaam sushi,
See if these help you, inshaAllah.
Detail of making of heavens and earth in 6 days not 8 419-12
Duration of day as per our counting is 1000 years 325
May Allah increase us in knowledge and guide us to His only path pr
mmKhanSelam mmKhan,
I have a slight problem applying this to my common knowledge. Science says that the Earth was formed around 4 billion years ago and according to what I've heard (it could be horribly wrong) it took millions of years for the Earth to be formed to it's basis with mountains and such. If we take day as 1000 of our days and the Earth was made in 2 days (6 days when all was complete) that would be 6000 days.... That's only about 16 years in our day and age! But like I said that's OUR day and age, where a year is 365 days and a bit.... So what about back then? Could 6000 ever be equated to millions?
Still at a lost may Allah guide us all ).
Peace peace
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Peace
This "stages" thing used by even Muslim intellects, is such a poor attempt at a worst, obvious eye wash. The Quran does not need this kind of sorry support from us to stand its challenges and for us to change the meaning of the word, yawm. Day is a day, check the Arabic. The Bible -Genesis makes such a huge mess in this ( so does hadith, taking the que from Bible) that it can not get out of, because God was resting on Saturday or Sunday, probably being exhausted , after all the creating. The Quran answers that issue. Any way the important point is, "a day", has a subjective definition, as some posts tried to highlight above.
Jupiter rotates in 10 hours ( being the fastest in the system) and Venus some 240+ days, so a day there will be about 100 times the earth . Day is subjective depending on where you are on the universe and how fast you are rotating, and also ours is not the only Sun everything else rotates around. God says one day is equal to 50,000 years (704) and also it is 1000 years in (2247) , so you can use all this information in the Quran to determine when the matter ( again definition, if we go for the big bang) was formed.
Selam Warner,
Thank you for your well explained post. The only problem I wish to resolve is just linking the scientific evidence of how long it took the Earth to form compared to the Quran. I've heard numbers in their millions of how long the Earth took to form and I'm just to match it with the reading .
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I have a slight problem applying this to my common knowledge. Science says that the Earth was formed around 4 billion years ago and according to what I've heard (it could be horribly wrong) it took millions of years for the Earth to be formed to it's basis with mountains and such. If we take day as 1000 of our days and the Earth was made in 2 days (6 days when all was complete) that would be 6000 days.... That's only about 16 years in our day and age! But like I said that's OUR day and age, where a year is 365 days and a bit.... So what about back then? Could 6000 ever be equated to millions?
Peace Sushi,
You missed it. My quote was
Duration of day as per our counting is 1000 years 325
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Peace mmKhan,
My bad, 6000 years is what I was meant to say. Even so, 6000 years for the Earth to form? Does that comply with the current scientific knowledge we hold?
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Peace Sushi,
Red Usually I don't tally scientific facts with alQuraan until they get verified with alQuraan. Till then there is no importance for me of any scientific knowledge. This is simply because it gets change every time )
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Peace Sushi,
Red Usually I don't tally scientific facts with alQuraan until they get verified with alQuraan. Till then there is no importance for me of any scientific knowledge. This is simply because it gets change every time
May God bless you,
mmKhanPeace mmKhan,
But that is what I'm trying to achieve for the fact that these numbers the scientists have generated could not probably deviate too much unless someone somewhere along the lines missed out part of an equation calculating those numbers then yes I'd agree. I'm trying to verify these 'theories' using solely the reading however if there is a seriously big gap in terms of the two numbers from the Quran and scientists about how long it took, then it is initially good to see why that is the case. Jafar and warner make some good points worth considering. Say we gp with your understanding of 6000 years, would it not also be beneficial to see why the scientists seem to think of a completely different number? In all fairnest they probably deserve an explanation since it must've tale quite a few calculations to arrive to the number they did.
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The Quran says day of judgement. that is not 24 hrs. It also uses the hour for the day of judgement. So time is used variantly in the Quran. Whats important is proportionality. The Quran says universe was 6 days . The Earth took two days. That is one third. If the universe is about 14 billion, this means the Earth is one thrid of that which is 4.6 billion years.
Now what does science so far says.
The universe is believed to be 13.7 billion years old and the Earth is believed to be 4.4 billion years old.
13.7 divided 4.4 = 3.11.
So its pretty accurate.
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The Quran says day of judgement. that is not 24 hrs. It also uses the hour for the day of judgement. So time is used variantly in the Quran. Whats important is proportionality. The Quran says universe was 6 days . The Earth took two days. That is one third. If the universe is about 14 billion, this means the Earth is one thrid of that which is 4.6 billion years.
Now what does science so far says.
The universe is believed to be 13.7 billion years old and the Earth is believed to be 4.4 billion years old.
13.7 divided 4.4 = 3.11.
So its pretty accurate.
Selam Bigmo and nice to speak to you again,
I really like how you give the proportionality, that I do agree with. The one thing that makes me curious is why 6 and 2? In the proportionality case, why not 3 and 1... Maybe it's me but when reading the verse in the Quran I took it to literally mean 6 days. I hope other people understood my confusion... Don't want to be the only one who took it literally as in 24 hours... (.
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Peace sushi1992,
The angels, with their reports, climb to Him in a day that equals fifty thousand years.
Because of the different length of days in the Quran it could be concluded that time is a matter of perpective.
for instance, time is different when we are asleep, or will slow down or speed up when faced
with potential danger. According to einstein, if one traveled at just under the the speed of
light one can experience days while the stationary persons on earth would only experience
minutes. In my opinion, this is why the Quran defines "day" differently. Allah is far ahead of
science. It has now become a scientific fact, one proof is the GPS systems that many of use in
our daily lives.Praise to Allah lord of the universe
Peace O0
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Science and religion are diametrically opposed. They are completely, utterly different things. While science continuously improves and gets more accurate, religion is static. By necessity and definition.
So is it possible to assess or evaluate anything religious scientifically? Not in my opinion. I have asked many times why so many Muslims are suspicious of science and at the same time are in awe of NASA and titles like Professor.
I just remember that I was taught at school, an international school, to question, explain and derive formulas and apply critical thinking, where my Muslim friends were taught the opposite in their local schools, to not question authority and to learn to repeat formulas and just learn them, without questioning their validity or application.Question we know the duration of the evolution of the Universe and the cosmological history of this planet. Is it therefore possible to take the creation story in the Koran as allegoric or a parable and simply assign it a value of "a really long time"? instead of nitpicking what was created on what day, in what order and how long it took?
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Science and religion are diametrically opposed. They are completely, utterly different things. While science continuously improves and gets more accurate, religion is static. By necessity and definition.
So is it possible to assess or evaluate anything religious scientifically? Not in my opinion. I have asked many times why so many Muslims are suspicious of science and at the same time are in awe of NASA and titles like Professor.
I just remember that I was taught at school, an international school, to question, explain and derive formulas and apply critical thinking, where my Muslim friends were taught the opposite in their local schools, to not question authority and to learn to repeat formulas and just learn them, without questioning their validity or application.Question we know the duration of the evolution of the Universe and the cosmological history of this planet. Is it therefore possible to take the creation story in the Koran as allegoric or a parable and simply assign it a value of "a really long time"? instead of nitpicking what was created on what day, in what order and how long it took?
Selam Stops,
I agree with you in terms of simply assigning the value of "a really long time". This coincides with Bigmo's point. Such as the scientific view that the Earth is around ~4.5 and the universe is around ~13.7 which could explain the proportionality of how Allah created the Earth in 2 days and the whole universe in 6.
Peace peace
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Science and religion are diametrically opposed. They are completely, utterly different things. While science continuously improves and gets more accurate, religion is static. By necessity and definition.
Salaam,
I have a similar but other point of view. While sience tries to approximate the truth, The Quran is the unchanging truth. The Quran is like Pi, while sience is trying to approach Pi with real numbers.
Question we know the duration of the evolution of the Universe and the cosmological history of this planet. Is it therefore possible to take the creation story in the Koran as allegoric or a parable and simply assign it a value of "a really long time"? instead of nitpicking what was created on what day, in what order and how long it took?
RED Really??? As far as I know we have a theory which per definition is not proven, so we know nothing, we are just guessing on basis of this theory.
BLUE Nope, I don't see anything allegoric in The Quran about it. When the Quran says 6 ayyaam (which is most of times translated as days), then it is in 6 ayyaam. We can discuss what ayyaam means in The Quran but for sure it's 6 ayyaam.
GREEN This is not from The QuranSalaam,
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salaam all,
A few points
- Quran does not always use "yawm" to mean 24 hours.
- Classical Arabic dictionaries yawm = day, era, time, today, this/that day, age/period of time, rising of the sun till it's resting, accident or event
- A "day" is not a fixed period of time as it depends on what is the reference point. Before the creation of the earth and its revolving etc a day is not defined period of time as we know it today.
- I have little idea why mmkhan referenced 325, but in any case, see 704. Thus if one wishes to use the unsound argument of a "yawm" is a 1000 years, then they will have to reconcile 704 in which a "yawm" is 50 000 years. Perhaps stating the obvious, but this proves a "yawm" is NOT a fixed period of time according to Quran, i.e. time is relative.
- As Bigmo pointed out, if we do not know the period of time referred to as "yawm" in the earth/universe creation verses, we do know the proportionality and that seems sound, according to science.
I dont see the issue.
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Selam Bigmo and nice to speak to you again,
I really like how you give the proportionality, that I do agree with. The one thing that makes me curious is why 6 and 2? In the proportionality case, why not 3 and 1... Maybe it's me but when reading the verse in the Quran I took it to literally mean 6 days. I hope other people understood my confusion... Don't want to be the only one who took it literally as in 24 hours... (.
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It is 6 and 2 based on some nuance of the common factors of whatever other numbers there are. E.g. foods were assigned in four periods IIRC and so on and so forth.
What is amazing about all of these glaring mistranslations is that they expose the hadeethist idealogy for what it truly is. When people preach based on ignorance and create these incredible stories of creation in a matter of literal days, then the more simpler and clearer explanation of a verse comes forth revealing their ignorance. Absolutely loving it. People write volumes upon volumes rejecting scientific examination but all they have done is expose their own folly and they can't even see it.
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salaam all,
A few points
- Quran does not always use "yawm" to mean 24 hours.
- Classical Arabic dictionaries yawm = day, era, time, today, this/that day, age/period of time, rising of the sun till it's resting, accident or event
- A "day" is not a fixed period of time as it depends on what is the reference point. Before the creation of the earth and its revolving etc a day is not defined period of time as we know it today.
- I have little idea why mmkhan referenced 325, but in any case, see 704. Thus if one wishes to use the unsound argument of a "yawm" is a 1000 years, then they will have to reconcile 704 in which a "yawm" is 50 000 years. Perhaps stating the obvious, but this proves a "yawm" is NOT a fixed period of time according to Quran, i.e. time is relative.
- As Bigmo pointed out, if we do not know the period of time referred to as "yawm" in the earth/universe creation verses, we do know the proportionality and that seems sound, according to science.
I dont see the issue.
Salaam,
I agree with your point no.1. You misunderstood me, I know, it was my mistake that I did not clarify it properly. Sorry for confusion. Yawm cannot mean any fixed hours.
I used 325 instead of 704 because, the yawm in which the malaaika and the rooh goes up IS equal to 50,000 years and also it is not clarified as in 325 "....mimmaa ta3uddoona" means "....of those which YOU count".
May Allah increase us in knowledge and guide us to His only path pr
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Salaam,
I have a similar but other point of view. While sience tries to approximate the truth, The Quran is the unchanging truth. The Quran is like Pi, while sience is trying to approach Pi with real numbers.
- Nope, if it's "the truth" it's not science.
- Pi is irrational. Is the Koran?
- The sentence Koran = truth is nonsensical. The same as "The car is the speed" is nonsensical.
- There is no such thing as "approximate the truth". Truth is truth and absolute. There is no large or small truth. There is no high or low truth or an approximation.
RED Really??? As far as I know we have a theory which per definition is not proven, so we know nothing, we are just guessing on basis of this theory.
You will have to be more precise with what you are saying. What do you mean by "theory which per definition is not proven"??? Are you trying to tell me that you think a scientific theory is based on a hunch?
We have a model, the Big Bang, for the Universe and proof for the age of Earth. Where exactly is your problem?BLUE Nope, I don't see anything allegoric in The Quran about it. When the Quran says 6 ayyaam (which is most of times translated as days), then it is in 6 ayyaam. We can discuss what ayyaam means in The Quran but for sure it's 6 ayyaam.
Are you telling me that you think the entire Koran is to be understood literally? Even if there is something which does not apply to reality?
GREEN This is not from The Quran
"what was created on what day"
I don't understand what you are saying. This is what I find in the Koran
754, 103, 117 all say Allah who created the heavens and the earth in six days7927 Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? ((Allah)) hath constructed it
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7930 and, after that, He spread out the earth.419 says Him Who created the earth in two Days
4112 says He completed them as seven firmaments in two DaysIf this is not from the Koran where else would I find this? This specifies what was created when and for how long. At least when I read it.
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- Nope, if it's "the truth" it's not science.
Salaam,
Did I said it's sience nope
- Pi is irrational. Is the Koran?
in some sort of way it is.
- The sentence Koran = truth is nonsensical. The same as "The car is the speed" is nonsensical.
red I do not agree
green I agree- There is no such thing as "approximate the truth". Truth is truth and absolute. There is no large or small truth. There is no high or low truth or an approximation.
Maybe you misunderstood, I said "science tries to approximate the truth".
What do you think scientific theories and models do? In case you don't know they try to represent the truth.You will have to be more precise with what you are saying. What do you mean by "theory which per definition is not proven"??? Are you trying to tell me that you think a scientific theory is based on a hunch?
I was very clear, it's not hard to understand.
A theory is per definition not proven, as simple as that. No matter on what it is based as long as it is called a theory, it is not proven.We have a model, the Big Bang, for the Universe and proof for the age of Earth. Where exactly is your problem?
O I don't have any problems thanks for asking.
As you write yourself the big bang is a model. You can take a look in history books what the history is of models.
Do we have a proof for the age of earth? Can you quote for me from a scientific paper were it says that the age of the earth is proven, thanks.Are you telling me that you think the entire Koran is to be understood literally? Even if there is something which does not apply to reality?
If something is allegorical then it is said so or it can be concluded from the context.
There is absolutely nothing allegorical in the verses about creation, unless it is said so."what was created on what day"
I don't understand what you are saying. This is what I find in the Koran
754, 103, 117 all say Allah who created the heavens and the earth in six days7927 Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? ((Allah)) hath constructed it
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7930 and, after that, He spread out the earth.419 says Him Who created the earth in two Days
4112 says He completed them as seven firmaments in two DaysIf this is not from the Koran where else would I find this? This specifies what was created when and for how long. At least when I read it.
I thought you were talking about "on monday there was light, on tuesday there was earth, on wednesday there were animals ( or somthing like that) etc etc etc."
Salaam,
Bender
