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He created seven universes in layers. You do not
see any imperfection in the creation by the Most
Gracious.
Keep looking; do you see any flaw? Look again and again; your
sight will return to you stumped and conquered.
67:3-4
When astronomers discuss the universe, they are always thinking about
the
universe which they see and observe. If we go back to the days
of the ancient Egyptians five thousand
years ago, we find that the size of the universe
seemed to be no more than the
dome of the sky,
covering the
earth like the
dome in a
planetarium.
The stars
seemed, at
the most,
some
thousands
of
kilometres
away. The
Greek
astronomers, some two
thousand
and more
years ago,
thought of
the universe
as a sphere
but still
approximately of the
same size.
Copernicus,
who
believed the
sun and not
the earth to
be the centre
of the
spherical
universe,
thought it
was much
bigger than
this, but not
until about
180 years
ago did
anyone
really know
the distance
of even the
nearest
stars.
Then they
found that
they should
be measured
in millions of
millions of
kilometres.
But, still, it
was a very
small
universe,
with all the
stars
together in
one large
star island.
Not until the
1920's did
astronomers
discover that
our galaxy
was only
one of
millions of
others. Only
then did
astronomers
start to
appreciate
the actual
size of the
universe.
Astronomers are today
debating the
issue
whether our
universe is
the only one
in existence.
The idea of
multiple
universes is
closely
linked with
the Black
Hole
concept.
Certainly,
the
squashing of
matter into
an infinitely
small area
inside a
Black Hole
is in sharp
disagreement with the
Law of
conservation
of matter. It
has been
suggested
that all the
matter falling
into a Black
Hole could
be ejected
into another
time-space
universe in
what is
referred to
as a 'White
Hole'.
Mathematical studies of
space and
time do
show that
this is
possible in
theory. Does
it happen in
practice?
We do not
know, but
there
certainly
seems to be
regions in
deep space
from which
material is
pouring out
into our
universe.
The jet of
material
from the
active
elliptical
galaxy M 87
is a case in
point. Has it
come from a
While Hole
connected
to a Black
Hole
somewhere
else?
An alternate
analysis that
could also
provide an
equally valid
justification
for the
existence of
multiple
universes is
associated
with the
speed of
light.
Between the
years 1905-15, and in
his theory of
relativity,
Albert
Einstein
stated that
the speed of
light is a
limiting
velocity in
the universe;
nothing can
travel faster
than that.
His theory
also took the
speed of
light to be
constant,
unaffected
by the
movement
of its source
and
independent
of all
observers.
Quasars,
which are
the most
distant
objects in
the universe
travel at
speeds
approaching
80% of the
speed of
light but
nothing
travels faster
than the
speed of
light
Could it be
that the
speed of
light acts as
a gate, a
valve or a
barrier
between our
universe and
other
universes? A
different
time-space
universe
where
matter, if it
can still be
called so,
exists and is
travelling at
speeds
higher than
that of light?
We cannot
cross that
barrier
ourselves
nor can any
physical
matter, but
there is
strong
indications
that there is
some kind
of existence
on the other
side.
When we
examine the
verses in the
Quran that
relate to this
support, we
find
incredible
information
concerning
not only the
creation and
existence of
multiple
universes,
but also
regarding the
barriers lie
between
them. All
that 1400
years ago at
a time when
the size of
the whole
universe was
estimated to
be not more
than a few
kilometres.
Multiple
universes are
mentioned in
more than
one verse in
the Quran as
in the above
verse and
also in
71:15.
The Quran
also speaks
of barriers
that exist
between
these
universes:
" .... if you
can
penetrate
through the
zones of the
skies and the
earth,
then
penetrate,
you will not
do so
without
authority."
55:33
The word
"penetrate"
implies the
existence of
some kind
of barriers
between the
zones of the
skies
(universes).
Our
universe, as
we know it
today,
includes
within it all
the stars and
galaxies that
we have
detected in
the sky so
far. If
multiple
universes
exist, they lie
outside and
beyond all
these
galaxies.
That, too,
seems to be
in
accordance
with the
information
given in the
Quran:
And we
have
decorated
the lowest
heaven
(universe)
with lanterns
(stars).
41:12
Finally, the
last words in
67:4 (see
above)
describe the
state of
someone
gazing in the
sky trying to
see further,
their sight
will soon be
left totally
exhausted,
exactly as
the words of
God say:
stumped and
defeated.
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