The Formation of the Universe

Until the mid-20th century, the prevalent view across the world was that the unniverse was infinate, had existed forever and that it will continue to do so for all time. According to this view, known as the "static universe model," the universe has no end or beginning.

I n maintaining that the universe is a collection of fixed, static and unchanging substances, this view has constituted the basis of materialist philosophy and has constituted the basis of materialist philsophy and has consequently rejected the existence of a creator. However, as science and technology progressed during the 20th century, the static universe model has been completely uprooted.

We have now entered the 21st century and a new dawn is upon us. Through numerous experiments, observations and calculation conducted by some of the world's most prominent thinkers, modern physics has proven that the universe did indeed have a beginning, that it came into being from nothing in a single moment in a huge explosion. Furthermore, it has been established that the universe is not fixed and static, as materialists still stubbornly maintain. On the contrary, it is undergoing a constant process of movement, change and expansion.

These recently established facts all act as nails in the coffin of the static universe theory. Today, all these facts are universally accepted by the scientific community.

The origin of the universe is described in the Qura'n in the following verse:

"He created the heavens and the earth from nothing." (Qur'an, 6:101)

This information is in full agreement witht the finding of contemporary scientists. As we stated earlier, the conclusion that astrophysics has reached today is that the entire universe, together with the dimensions of matter and time, came into existencee as a result of a great explosion that occured a long time ago. This event, known as "The big bang", is the catalyst for the ceation of the universe from nothingness.This explosion, all parties in the scientific community agree, emanated from a single point some 15 billion tears ago. (See Harun Yahya, The creation of the universe, Al-Attique Publishers Inc., Canada, 2000)

Before the Big Bang, there was no such thing as matter. From a condition of non-existence in which neither matter, nor energy, nor even time existed and which can only be described metaphysically matter, energy and time where all the created in an instant. This fact only recently discovered by modern physics, was announced to us in the Qur'an 1300 years ago.