JAKARTA – universe is all space from Earth to the sky complete with energy and matter. The Koran and Science itself, explain how the universe was formed.
Early in the 20th century, a Russian physicist, Alexander Friedmann, discovered that the universe is expanding. This fact was further confirmed through a telescope by Edwin Hubble, an American astronomer who revealed that the stars and galaxies were constantly moving.
Researchers also believe that the universe formed 10 to 20 billion years ago. The universe itself, formed from a very large and dense energy, is then constantly expanding.
Summarized from the book Qur’an vs Modern Science, Ramadhani, it was stated that through a sensitive instrument, namely the Cosmic Background Emission Explorer (COBE), it was revealed that there were remnants of the great explosion of the universe.
The results of the study, made most scientists believe in the Big Bang Theory. Another proof of the truth of the Big Bang Theory is the successful discovery of the relative amounts of hydrogen and helium in the universe.
Meanwhile, in the holy book of the Qur’an, this scientific fact was revealed about 14 centuries ago. In one of the surahs of the Qur’an, Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala says if the universe is expanding.
وَالسَّمَاءۤ بَنَيْنٰهَا بِايْىدٍ وَّاِنَّا لَمُوْسِعُوْنَ
“And the heaven We raised with power (We), and We really expanded it,” (Az-Zariyat: 47).
The formation of the universe is also explained in Surah Al Anbiya Verse 30. This verse also explains that the creation of the universe through a process.
اَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْٓا َّنَّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنُمَا َُل
“And do not those who disbelieve know that the heavens and the earth were one piece, then We separated them. And from water We made all living things. Then why do they not believe,” (QS Al anbiya) : 30).
(amj)
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