Expansion Of Universe

In the Qur'an, which was revealed 14
centuries ago at a time when the science of
astronomy was still primitive, the expansion of
the universe was described like this:

"ÓAnd it is We who have constructed the
heaven with might, and verily, it is We who
are steadily expanding it."

(The Qur'an, 51:47)

The word "heaven", as stated in this verse, is
used in various places in the Qur'an with the
meaning of space and universe. Here again, the
word is used with this meaning. In other words,
in the Qur'an it is revealed that the universe
"expands". And this is the very conclusion that
science has reached today.
Until the dawn of the 20th century, the only view prevailing
in the world of science was that "the universe has a constant
nature and it has existed since infinite time". The research,
observations, and calculations carried out by means of modern
technology, however, have revealed that the universe in fact
had a beginning, and that it constantly "expands".
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian
physicist Alexander Friedmann and the Belgian
cosmologist Georges Lemaitre theoretically calculated
that the universe is in constant motion and that it
is expanding.
This fact was proved also by observational
data in 1929. While observing the sky with a
telescope, Edwin Hubble, the American astronomer, discovered that the stars and galaxies were constantly moving
away from each other. A universe where everything constantly moves away
from everything else implied a constantly expanding universe. The
observations carried out in the following years verified that the universe is
constantly expanding. This fact was explained in the Qur'an when that was
still unknown to anyone. This is because the Qur'an is the word of God, the
Creator, and the Ruler of the entire universe.

The Coming Of Universe Into Existence

The origin of the universe is described in the Qur'an in the following verse:

"O He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth."
(The Qur'an, 6:101)

This information given in the Qur'an is in full agreement with the findings
of contemporary science. The conclusion that astrophysics has reached today is
that the entire universe, together with the dimensions of matter and time, came
into existence as a result of a great explosion that occurred in no time. This
event, known as "The Big Bang" proved that the universe was created from
nothingness as the result of the explosion of a single point. Modern scientific
circles are in agreement that the Big Bang is the only rational and provable
explanation of the beginning of the universe and of how the universe came into
being.
Before the Big Bang, there was no such thing as matter. From a condition
of non-existence in which neither matter, nor energy, nor even time existed,
and which can only be described metaphysically, matter, energy, and time were
all created. This fact, only recently discovered by modern physics, was
announced to us in the Qur'an 1,400 years ago.