ETERNITY HAS ALREADY BEGUN - Islamic Books, Islamic Movies ...
ETERNITY HAS ALREADY BEGUN - Islamic Books, Islamic Movies ...
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Relativity in the Qur'an<br />
<strong>ETERNITY</strong> <strong>HAS</strong> <strong>ALREADY</strong> <strong>BEGUN</strong><br />
The conclusion to which we are led by the findings of modern<br />
science is that time is not an absolute fact as supposed by materialists,<br />
but only a relative perception. The important fact on this<br />
matter, undiscovered until the 20th century by science, was imparted<br />
to mankind in the Qur'an 14 centuries ago. There are various references<br />
in the Qur'an to the relativity of time.<br />
It is possible to see the scientifically-proven fact that time is a<br />
psychological perception dependent on events, setting, and conditions<br />
in many verses of the Qur'an. For instance, the entire life of a<br />
person is a very short time as we are informed in the Qur'an:<br />
On the Day He calls you, you will respond by praising Him and<br />
think that you have only tarried a very short time. (Surat al-Isra': 52)<br />
On the day We gather them together – when it will seem if they<br />
had tarried no more than an hour of a single day – they will recognize<br />
one another…(Surah Yunus: 45)<br />
Some verses reveal that time passes faster than people imagine.<br />
He will say, 'How many years did you tarry on the earth?' They<br />
will say, 'We tarried there for a day or part of a day. Ask those able<br />
to count!' He will say, 'You only tarried there for a little while if<br />
you did but know! (Surat al-Muminun: 112-114)<br />
In some other verses it is stated that time may flow at different<br />
paces in different settings:<br />
They ask you to hasten the punishment. Allah will not break His<br />
promise. A day with your Lord is equivalent to a thousand years<br />
in the way you count.. (Surat al-Hajj: 47)<br />
The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose length is<br />
fifty thousand years. (Surat al-Ma'arij: 4)<br />
He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. Then it will<br />
again ascend to Him on a day whose length is a thousand years by<br />
the way you measure. (Surat as-Sajda: 5)<br />
These verses are all manifest expressions of the relativity of time.