The Big Bang

One of the most subtle problems in science concerns the expansion of the universe, its tendency constantly to extend its boundaries. This was something completely unknown to the human being until the last century. This mystery is, however, mentioned by the Quran in the following terms, which again bear witness to its remarkable profundity when discussing such matters:

“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 every living thing. Will they not then believe?”
- Al-Quran, Chapter 21 (Sura Anbiya), Verse 30.

“We created the heavens with Our strength and power, and are constantly expanding them.”
- Al-Quran, Chapter 51 (Sura Dhariyat), Verse 47.

This was revealed 1,300 YEARS – yes, that’s one thousand three hundred; yep, 13 C.E.N.T.U.R.I.E.S. – BEFORE Hubble discovered that the universe was actually constantly expanding, and that it had originated as a single “point”.

Why must it be that when a “Western” scientist realises something that it is propounded to be scientific indeed and to have got “discovered for the first time”?