Page 29 - The Qur'an Leads the Way to Science

Religion Helps Science T o Be Rightly Guided

The universe came into being through the explosion of a single
point-mass that had zero volume. This explosion, called the Big
Bang, demonstrated with compelling evidence that the universe was
created from nothing, and permanently demolished the materialists'
claims of an infinite universe.

Indeed, given the truth of the maxim ex nihilo nihil fit (out of nothing
comes nothing), the Big Bang requires a supernatural cause. Since the
initial cosmological singularity represents the terminus of all space-
time trajectories, there cannot be any physical cause of the Big Bang.
Rather, the cause must transcend physical space and time: it must be
independent of the universe, and unimaginably powerful. Moreover,
this cause must be a personal being, endowed with free will... The
cause of the origin of the universe must therefore be a personal
Creator, who a finite time ago brought the universe into existence by
his free agency. 13

Another important conclusion to be drawn from the Big Bang theory is
that, as we have mentioned earlier, a scientific approach based on divine
knowledge will be highly successful in unraveling the mysteries of the
universe. Scientists who proceeded from a materialist philosophy and put

forth the "infinite universe" model, were unable to substantiate it, despite
their best efforts. However, the Big Bang theory, which Georges Lemaître
developed, and which was based on divine sources, contributed to
scientific progress and helped to uncover the true origin of the universe.
When we look at the history of 20th century science, we see that similar

occurrences took place in other fields as well.

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