Page 30 - The Glory in the Heavens

INFORMATION THE QUR'AN
INFORMATION THE QUR'AN
PROVIDES ABOUT THE UNIVERSE
PROVIDES ABOUT THE UNIVERSE

The Qur'an is the Noble Book Allah sent to people.

It provides the most accurate information on every

issue. That is because every line of the Qur'an is the

Speech of Allah, the Exalted in Power. However, during

the period the Qur'an was revealed, science and tech-

nology were not as advanced as in our day. Therefore,

until recently, no one could conduct research on the
information the Qur'an provided. Today, however,

there has been great progress in science and technolo-
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gy. Almost all developments in science are in agree-

ment with the information the Qur'an gives. For

instance, the Qur'an informs us that the heavens and

the earth – i.e. the universe – were initially sewn

together, but then Allah unstitched them. In the

Qur'an, this scientific fact is described as follows:

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Let's examine the verse together:
- The word "heavens" stands for all the "skies" i.e.
outer space.