Quran and modern science compatible or incompatible
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INITIAL GASEOUS MASS BEFORE<br />
CREATION OF GALAXIES<br />
Scientists agree that bef<strong>or</strong>e the galaxies in the<br />
universe were f<strong>or</strong>med, celestial matter was<br />
initially in the f<strong>or</strong>m of gaseous matter. In sh<strong>or</strong>t,<br />
huge gaseous matter <strong>or</strong> clouds were present<br />
bef<strong>or</strong>e the f<strong>or</strong>mation of the galaxies. To describe<br />
initial celestial matter, the w<strong>or</strong>d ‘smoke’ is m<strong>or</strong>e<br />
appropriate than gas. The following Qur’anic verse<br />
refers to this state of the universe by the w<strong>or</strong>d<br />
dukhaan which means smoke.<br />
“M<strong>or</strong>eover, He Comprehended<br />
in His design the sky,<br />
<strong>and</strong> it had been (as) smoke:<br />
He said to it <strong>and</strong> to the earth:<br />
‘Come ye together,<br />
willingly <strong>or</strong> unwillingly.’<br />
They said: ‘We do come (together),<br />
in willing obedience.’”<br />
[Al-Qur’an 41:11]<br />
Again, this fact is a c<strong>or</strong>ollary to the ‘Big Bang’ <strong>and</strong><br />
was not known to anyone bef<strong>or</strong>e the prophetehood of<br />
Muhammad (Peace be upon him) 1 . What then, could<br />
have been the source of this knowledge?<br />
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1<br />
Muslims also send salutations upon all the previous divinely<br />
inspired Prophets on taking their names.