A series of scientific miracles in the Quran

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2- The Expansion of the Universe

God says in the Holy Quran:
“And the heaven We created with might, and indeed We are (its) expander.” (Quran 51:47)

At the time of the revelation of the Quran, the word “space” was not known, and people used the word “heaven” to refer to what lies above the Earth. In the above verse, the word “heaven” is referring to space and the known universe. The verse points out that space, and thus the universe, happens to be expanding, just as Hubble’s Law states.
That the Quran mentioned such a fact centuries before the invention of the first telescope, at a time when there was primitive knowledge in science, is considered remarkable. This is more so considering that, like many people in his time, Prophet Muhammad happened to be illiterate and simply could not have been aware of such facts by himself. Could it be that he had truly received divine revelation from the Creator and Originator of the universe?





For more

http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/1560/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/ast...e/universe.asp

to be continued