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30 THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE

The Signs in the Qur'an
In addition to explaining the universe, the Big Bang model has another
important implication. As the quotation from Anthony Flew cited above
points out, science has proven an assertion hitherto supported only by re-
ligious sources.
This truth is the reality of Creation from nothingness. This has been de-
clared in the holy books that have served as guides for mankind for thou-
sands of years.
In the only book revealed by Allah that has survived completely intact,
the Qur'an, there are statements about the Creation of the universe from
nothing as well as how this came about that are parallel to 20th-century
knowledge and yet were revealed fourteen centuries ago.
First of all, the Creation of this universe from nothingness is revealed in
the Qur'an as follows:
He (Allah) is the Originator of the heavens and the earth…(Surat
al-An’am: 101)
Another important aspect revealed in the Qur'an fourteen centuries be-
fore the modern discovery of the Big Bang and findings related to it is that
when it was created, the universe occupied a very tiny volume:
Do those who are unbelievers not see that the heavens and the
earth were sewn together and then We unstitched them and that
We made from water every living thing? So will they not have
faith? (Surat al-Anbiya': 30)
There is a very important choice of words in the original Arabic whose
translation is given above. The word ratk translated as "sewn to" means