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The science of modern cosmology, observational and
theoretical, clearly indicates that, at one point
in time, the whole universe was nothing but a cloud
of ‘smoke’ (i.e. an opaque highly dense and hot gaseous
composition). This is one of the undisputed principles
of standard modern cosmology. Scientists now
can observe new stars forming out of the remnants
of that ‘smoke’ (see figures 10 and 11).
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Figure
10:
A new star forming out of a cloud of gas and dust
(nebula), which is one of the remnants of the ‘smoke’
that was the origin of the whole universe. (The
Space Atlas, Heather and Henbest, p. 50.)
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Figure
11:
The Lagoon nebula is a cloud of gas and dust, about
60 light years in diameter. It is excited
by the ultraviolet radiation of the hot stars that
have recently formed within its bulk. (Horizons,
Exploring the Universe, Seeds, plate 9, from Association
of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.)
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The
illuminating stars we see at night were, just as was the
whole universe, in that ‘smoke’ material. God has
said in the Quran:
Then
He turned to the heaven when it was smoke... (Quran,
41:11)
Because
the earth and the heavens above (the sun, the moon, stars,
planets, galaxies, etc.) have been formed from this same
‘smoke,’ we conclude that the earth and the heavens were
one connected entity. Then out of this homogeneous
‘smoke,’ they formed and separated from each other. God
has said in the Quran:
Have
not those who disbelieved known that the heavens and the
earth were one connected entity, then We separated them?... (Quran,
21:30)
Dr.
Alfred Kroner is one of the world’s renowned geologists.
He is Professor of Geology and the Chairman of the Department
of Geology at the Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg
University, Mainz, Germany. He said: “Thinking where
Muhammad came from . . . I think it is almost impossible
that he could have known about things like the common origin
of the universe, because scientists have only found out
within the last few years, with very complicated and advanced
technological methods, that this is the case.” Also he said:
“Somebody who did not know something about nuclear physics
fourteen hundred years ago could not, I think, be in a position
to find out from his own mind, for instance, that the earth
and the heavens had the same origin.”
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