Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 324
THE QURAN AND COSMOLOGY planetary system is but a tiny dot, to be moving along with the sun in a set direction. . E. Isewhere in the chapter we have suggested the possibility of an all-consuming gigantic black hole which may pull back the entire universal mass into its singularity. . As such, we have concluded that according to the. Quran the case of the universe is an open and shut case. At the moment of the Big Bang it began to expand almost at the speed of light. At the end it will once again be drawn back into the abyss which we refer to as a black hole. . As far as the concept of a single universal black hole is concerned, it is based on the Big Bang theory which is fully supported by the Quran. Some scientists however, propose the case of an open universe. They believe that the universe will continue to expand forever and ever until the spacial matter becomes too thin and sparse, and extends beyond the gravitational pull of the centre of the universe. . This scenario leaves no room for the universe to be reassembled and recreated. The Quran categorically rejects this open concept. It is loud, clear and specific that from a singularity the universe erupted, and back into another singularity it will sink again. The Unity of God and its creative outburst and the return of the creation again to the. Unity of God could not have been better expressed than: إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُوْنَ* 2:157 . . . to God we belong and to Him shall we return. 2 315