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FROM NON-BEING TO BEING: THE BIG BANG
Did you know that everything you see around you, your own body, the house
you live in, the armchair you're sitting in, your mother and father, the trees, birds,
soil and fruit, in short, all living things and inanimate matter you can ever imagine,
gained life through the coming together of atoms caused by the "Big Bang"? Were
you aware of the fact that, after this explosion, perfect order in the universe came to
exist? What, then, is the "Big Bang"?
Over the last century, a host of experiments, observations and calculations car-
ried out using advanced technology have revealed beyond any doubt that the uni-
verse had a beginning. Scientists have determined that the universe is in a constant
state of expansion. And they have concluded that, since the universe expands, if it
could travel backwards in time, the universe must have begun this expansion from
a single point. Indeed, the conclusion that science has reached today is that the uni-
verse originated from the explosion of this single point. This explosion is called the
"Big Bang."
Creation of a perfect order after a "Big Bang" is not a phenomenon that can be
seen as an ordinary event at all. Consider the fact that thousands of kinds of explo-
sions often occur on Earth, but no order develops as a result of them. All of them
rather lead to devastating, damaging, destructive results. For example, if atom or
hydrogen bombs, volcanic eruptions, natural gas explosions, and the explosions oc-
curring in the sun are looked at, we can see that their effects are always harmful. A
constructive or positive result is never gained as the result of an explosion.
However, according to the scientific data attained by means of modern technology,
the millennia-distant "Big Bang" led to a transition from non-being to being, in fact
to a very orderly and harmonious existence.
Now, let us think over an example as follows: Under the ground, a dynamite ex-
plosion occurs and, after this explosion, the most magnificent palace the world has
ever seen, with ornate and beautiful windows, doors and furniture, suddenly ap-
pears. Does it seem reasonable to argue, "This came into existence by chance"?
Could such a thing spring into being on its own? Certainly not!
Magnificence Everywhere to a mere earthly palace. In this situation, it would be utterly senseless to claim that
The universe which came into being after the "Big Bang" is such a magnificent,
meticulously planned and marvelous system that it certainly cannot be compared

the universe came into being on its own. The universe instantaneously came into
being from non-being. This shows us the existence of a Creator Who created matter
from nothingness and Who keeps every moment of it under His control. He is the

16 All-Wise and the All-Mighty. This Creator is Allah, the Most Strong.