Page 25 - The Glory in the Heavens

Billions of years ago, the universe came into

being after an explosion. Many pieces came into exis-

tence with this explosion. These pieces moved away

and scattered around, just like the bits of soil scatter-
ing around. Then they started to form the universe

and the planets etc.

This explosion, which was the beginning of the

creation of the universe by Allah, has come to be

called the Big Bang. The moment this great explosion

took place, the universe started constantly growing

and expanding, and is still expanding today.
Before continuing with the next section, let's
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recap a few points we made earlier:

1. A long time ago, there was no universe;