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Miracles of the Qur’an

Gravitational lens
effect

Quasars are the brightest known objects in the universe. They are al-
so the nuclei of growing galaxies with black holes in their center. Black
holes arise as the result of the contraction of stars and gasses belonging to
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galaxies. They are the source of quasar energy. A quasar's brightness is
spread by stars falling into the black holes at the centers of galaxies.
Thinking of the "lamp" in the verse as a quasar, the "niche" may well be a

reference to the black hole that feeds the quasar. (Allah knows the truth.)
Einstein suggested that due to the effect described as the "gravita-
tional lens," bodies in space could bend light and that it was possible for
an observer to see several images from one single source. However, this
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effect was only observed for the first time in the quasar known as the
"Twin Quasar" in 1979. Quasars were first discovered in 1963, some four-
teen centuries after the revelation of the Qur'an. The status of the heav-
enly bodies described in the 35th verse of Surat an-Nur is in total agree-
ment with current scientific thinking. This, along with a many other sci-
entific miracles, confirm that the only possible source of the Qur'an is our
Omniscient Lord, the Creator of all things.

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