Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 315
THE QURAN AND COSMOLOGY that the expansion of the universe will, at some time, be reversed because the inward gravitational pull will ultimately prevail. Eventually, all matter will be pulled back again to form perhaps another gigantic black hole. . This latter view appears to be supported by the Quran. . Whilst speaking of the first creation of the universe, the Quran clearly describes its ending into yet another black hole, connecting the end to the beginning, thus completing the full circle of the story of cosmos. The Quran declares: يَوْمَ نَطْوِي السَّمَاءَ كَطَيِّ السِّحِلِ لِلْكُتُبِ 21:105. Remember the day when We shall roll up the heavens like the rolling up of scrolls . . 7 . . . . . The clear message of this verse is that the universe is not eternal. It speaks of a future when the heavens will be rolled up, in a manner similar to the rolling up of a scroll. . Scientific descriptions illustrating the making of a black hole, very closely resemble what the Quran describes in the above verse. (See plate 1). . A mass of accretion from space falling into a black hole, as described above, would be pressed into a sheet under the enormous pressure created by the gravitational and electromagnetic forces. As the centre of the black hole is constantly revolving around itself, this sheet approaches will begin to be wrapped around it, before disappearing into the realm of the unknown at last. . The verse continues: — as it 306 * كَمَا بَدَانَا اَولَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيْدُهُ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا فَعِلِينَ 21:105