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THE QUR'AN LEADS THE W A Y TO SCIENCE

With his giant
telescope, Hubble
discovered that the
stars were racing
away, not only from
us, but also from
each other.

the universe actually had a beginning, and that it was expanding since
that initial moment. He also asserted that it must be possible to detect the
remnants of radiation from that initial moment.
Here, it should be noted that Georges Lemaître was also a priest.
Lemaître strongly believed that "the universe was created by God from
nothingness". Therefore, his approach to science greatly differed from that
of the materialists.
The years to come confirmed the correctness of the assumption put
forth by Lemaître. Firstly, American astronomer, Edwin Hubble,
discovered with his huge telescope that the stars were moving away both
from us and from each other. This meant that the universe was expanding,

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