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<strong>and</strong> the earth <strong>and</strong> all<br />
that is between.”<br />
[Al-Qur’an 25:59]<br />
It would be ridiculous f<strong>or</strong> anyone to even suggest<br />
that the presence of interstellar galactic material<br />
was known 1400 years ago!<br />
THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE<br />
In 1925, American astronomer Edwin Hubble,<br />
provided observational evidence that all galaxies<br />
are moving away from one another, which implies<br />
that the universe is exp<strong>and</strong>ing. The expansion of the<br />
universe is now an established scientific fact. This is<br />
what the Qur’an says regarding the nature of the<br />
universe:<br />
“With power <strong>and</strong> skill<br />
did We construct<br />
the Firmament:<br />
F<strong>or</strong> it is We Who create<br />
the vastness of Space.”<br />
[Al-Qur’an 51:47]<br />
The Arabic w<strong>or</strong>d musioon is c<strong>or</strong>rectly translated as<br />
‘exp<strong>and</strong>ing it’, <strong>and</strong> it refers to the creation of the<br />
exp<strong>and</strong>ing vastness of the universe.<br />
One of the greatest astrophysicist Stephen<br />
Hawking, in his book, ‘A Brief Hist<strong>or</strong>y of Time’,
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