The Creation of the Universe and equilibrium in the explosion. The Fall of Atheism And The Rise OF Faith
“Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth. There is certainly a sign in that for the believers.” (Quran, 29:44)
The first blow to atheism from twentieth century science was in the field of cosmology. The idea that the universe had existed forever was discounted, for scientists discovered that it had a beginning. In other words, they proved scientifically that the universe had been created from nothing.
This idea of an eternal universe came to the western world, along with materialist philosophy, from classical Greek civilization. It stated that only matter exists, and that the universe comes from eternity and goes to eternity. In the Middle Ages, when the Catholic church dominated Western thought, materialism was forgotten. However, in the modern period Western scientists and philosophers became consumed with curiosity about these classical Greek origins and revived an interest in materialism.
With the coming of the nineteenth century, it became widely accepted that the universe had no beginning and that there had been no moment of creation. Adopted passionately by such dialectical materialists as Marx and Engels, this idea found it’s way into way into twentieth century.
This idea has always been compatible with atheism, for accepting that the universe had a beginning would mean that God had created it. Thus the only way to counter this idea was to claim that the universe was eternaleven though science did not support such a claim. George’s Politzer (1903-42) a dogged proponent of this claim, became widely known as supporter of materialism and Marxism in the first half of the twentieth century through his book Principes Fondamentaux de philosophie.
Big Bang theory perhaps the most important concept of twentieth century that defeated the materialistic philosophy.
All the matter in the universe was compacted in a single point -mass that had “zero volume” because of its immense gravitational force. Our universe came into being as the result of the explosion of this point-mass that had zero volume.
This explosion has come to be called the “Big Bang” and its existence has repeatedly been confirmed by observational evidence.
To say that something has zero volume is tantamount to saying that it is “nothing”. And further more this universe had a beginning, contrary to the view of materialism, which holds that “the universe has existed for eternity “.
With the Big Bang’s victory, the myth of ‘eternal matter’ that constituted the basis of the materialistic philosophy is thrown into the trash-heap of history .
The Big Bang took place with the explosion of the point which contained all the matter and energy of the universe and its dispersion into space in all directions with a terrifying speed. Out of this matter and energy, there came about a great balance containing galaxies, stars, the sun, the earth and all other heavenly bodies . Moreover, laws were formed called the ‘laws of physics ‘ which are uniform throughout the whole universe and do not change. All these indicate that a perfect order arose after the big bang.
Sir Fred Hoyle, the world renowned astronomer, who finally had to accept the Big Bang theory after many years of opposition expresses this situation very well. He says: “ The big bang theory holds that the universe began with a single explosion. Yet as can be seen, an explosion merely throws matter apart, while the big bang has mysteriously produced the opposite effect- with the matter clumping together in the form of galaxies.
Doubtlessly the design of the universe is evidence of Allah’s power to establish. The precise balances and all the human beings and the other creatures are the evidence of Allah’s supreme power and act of creation. This result discovered by modern science is just a reworking of a truth revealed fourteen centuries ago in the holy Quran.
“ Your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then settled Himself firmly on the throne. He covers the day with the night and each pursuing the other urgently; and the sun and moon and stars are subservient to his command. Both creation and command belong to him. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all worlds.” (Quran, 7:54).
The Big Bang theory was formulated after a series of discoveries. In 1929, the American astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) noticed that the galaxies were continually moving away from each other and that the universe was expanding. If the flow of time in an expanding universe were reversed, the whole universe must have come from a single point. While assessing the validity of Hubble’s discovery , astronomers were faced with the fact that this single point was a “metaphysical “ state of reality in which there was an infinite gravitational attraction with no mass. Matter and time came into being through the explosion of this mass less point. In other words universe was created from nothing.
Thus, modern astronomy proves and states that time and matter were brought into being by an Eternally powerful Creator, Who is independent of both of them. The Eternal power that Created the universe in which we live is God, the possessor of infinite might, knowledge, and wisdom.
In short, the idea of a random universe, perhaps atheism’s most basic pillar, has been proved invalid. Scientists now openly speak of materialism’s collapse. God reveals the falsity of this idea in the Quran:
“We did not Create Heavens and Earth and everything between them to no purpose. That is the opinion of those who disbelieve..” ( Quran, 38:27), and science confirmed that truth in the 1970s.
Entire Big Bang Theory can be summarized from this beautiful verse of Holy Quran…
أَوَلَمْيَرَالَّذِينَكَفَرُواأَنَّالسَّمَاوَاتِوَالْأَرْضَكَانَتَارَتْقًافَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَامِنَالْمَاءِكُلَّشَيْءٍحَيٍّ ۖ أَفَلَايُؤْمِنُونَ
Do not the unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation) before WE Clove them asunder? We made from water everything. Will they not then believe.
Surah Al-Anbiyaa 21:30
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