This content explores the creation of the universe, contrasting scientific theories like the Big Bang with ancient mythologies and religious texts, ultimately presenting Islam, particularly the Quran and Hadith, as offering the most comprehensive and logically consistent explanation.
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Asalam o Alaikum, My name is Furqan Qureshi and from today onwards what you are going to listen is a true story
your's, mine and the story of all of our lives
a story about a wonderful past, present and of a wonderful future
this story starts from when there was nothing, and it will end, when there will be nothing left
from the skies to the earth, and whatever is in-between them, stars, planets and the sun ...
... time, and all those creations which we call The Universe in our language
today we will start a journey ... a journey to explore this universe
who created it ? what is hidden inside it and a small planet which we call our world
what has happened in it ? what will happen in it ? a journey to explore all of that
and our journey starts 14 billion years ago
but why 14 billion years ?
have you ever seen the contellation of these seven stars in the night sky ?
my mother told me about it when I was a child, its called The Ursa Major
or in Arabic or Urdu it is called ... The Dubb e Akbar
from Pakistan; this constellation is visible almost every night
and if your eyes were to be the most powerful telescope in the world then you would have been able to ...
... see a tiny red blob above this central star
this is the gn-z11, the farthest known galaxy so far
trillions of stars in a form of a mare red blob and on such a distance from us that ...
the light, which is the fastest thing there is ... and left its surface, takes 14 billion years to reach us
it makes at least one thing clear that in our journey ... we can go this far atleast
but the 99.9985 % of this 14 billion years is before the time of humans
humans emerged only in the last few seconds of this cosmological time scale
then how shall we be able to see the birth of the universe ?
to see this, free yourself from the chains of time ...
and come with me, we will explore all that knowledge which will tell us the true story of all the creation
there is a very common branch of knowledge around us which is called science
and a branch of science is called the Cosmogony
meaning the study of the birth of Universe
which enabled humans to make a discovery in year 1964
it was such an amazing find that its discoverers Arno Penzias & Robert Wilson were awarded the Nobel prize
they had discovered a sort of radiation but the strange thing is that this radiation wasn't coming from any star or any planet ...
... and neither from any of the constellations, it was just like an energy spread through the entire universe
wherever they looked; the found this energy
it was as if a huge bang or a great expansion created it and spread it everywhere
as if an echo born from a great bang happened billions and billions of years ago
they named is the cosmic microwave background
today we know it as The Big Bang that the skie and earth and whatever is in-between
was all combined together once
and was then seperated after a mighty force which today we know as ... the big bang
but this discovery also came with a big problem which is known as the horizon problem
the problem is that sometimes we see this energy spread as far as 46 billion light years
and in some parts of the sky; just 0.3 million light years
it can only mean one thing that the light is travelling on different speeds in the different parts of the universe which seems impossible
it seems to break all the known laws of physics in the nature as we know it
light has only one speed, approximately 300,000 km / s
but if it was true that light travels at different speeds in different regions of the universe then we must accept that ...
the time present in those regions will also be passing differently
at this point, one starts to realize that science also has its limitations
but who can blame science, it is only a few hundred years old knowledge
so we must also explore the knowledge that existed before this few hundred years, the knowledge of ancient people
and to explore the knowledge of ancient people; we will have to go far back in time, much much far back
it happened 173 years ago ... in year 1849 that an archeologist in Nineva, called Austin Henry
discovered some clay tablets, the tablets that were used thousands of years ago for writing
Austin Henry named those tablets Enuma Elish
it contained a story written on seven tablets, three and a half thousand years ago and in which ...
people are talking about the creation of the universe
and they say that when there was no sky
and when there was no earth
when there was neither any tree, nor any bog and it was all just water ...
there was no human and there was no destiny written ... at that time
there was an order from the God
now this is something very interesting and if we study the entire text of 1000 lines; we will realize that before anything was created ...
they speak about the presence of water ... lots and lots of water
further it speaks about an eternal garden, and the creation of human and its soul which descended from the sky
but probably the most interesting thing in this text is a word from its Greek translation called "logos" meaning "something that was said"
that means when God wanted to created something ... he said something
but what did he say ? these tablets do not speak of it
let's go to another civilization who lived even before them
a civilization that lived 5000 years ago, The Sumerians
Samara was also a civilization in Iraq and they too have written in their tablets that there was a supreme being called "Nammu" who was forever present
Nammu created the skies and the earths from the great water
and don't think that the Sumerians are to be taken lightly, Sumerians were the oldest civilization that we know of
in today's world there are at-least a hundred different inventions that we use which were made by Sumerians for example ...
first ever text was written by Sumerians
the first ever clock ... first ever irrigation system and even first ever geometrical system was invented by Sumerians
let's say that only two civilizations are not enough so we look at a third civilization, 3000 years old Egypt which was a super-power of its time
they too speak of "Nun" who created skies and the earths from a massive stormy ocean of water
an ocean of water which was completely hidden in dark
the Greeks, who too speak about the creation from a black sea of water called "Okeanos" 2300 years ago
but one can say that these civilizations lived closer to each other and neither many years apart
it is possible that they might have learned these concepts from each other
then let me take you to civilizations which lived very far from them
the aboriginal people from Australia
according to the Aboriginies, there was a lord of all the souls, who was all alone
he created light and gave life to the earth
even farther from the aboriginals, the daoist mythology from China
they too speak of a God who seperated the huge waters from each other
who placed mountains where they are
and he did it with his knowledge and with the words he said
Korean mythology of cheonjiwang after China
also speaks about the unified skies and earths at some point in the past
now we are left with just two continents, so let's have a look into their cultures
"mande" mythology from west Africa and "yoruba" mythology from central Africa
both of them speak about a Mighty power that was all alone
and then he created everything from water
then the last continent of America where there is an ancient tribe of Cherokee
which is a red Indian tribe
and the islands of Hawaii which are located in the middle of the oceans far away from all the other lands
they also talk about skies and earths created from waters in seven days ... and lastly a country in Europe called Finland
where they still talk about Vainamainen, how he created everything from water
you must have noticed by now that I'm telling yout cultures thousands of miles away and thousands of years apart from each other
but there was a problem in all those mythologies ... there was some concepts pretty ridiculous in them for example ...
there was a concept of earth bound in golden chains after it was created ... or as in Finland ...
where a crow comes in and helps Vainamainen to create the universe
we all know that earth is not chained with any golden chain
and neither the creation of this universe was the work of any crow ... so I filtered all these ridiculous things and ...
studied these cultures with the similarities they have with each others and I noticed that ...
the common concept is always the same word by word ... A mighty force called The God
he was all alone and there was no one else other than him
he was the one who created everything from water and it happened in six or seven days
now it seems that the same message was sent in the all the corners of the world
the messengers were different, yes, and they came in different times but the message and its sender was always the same
it proves one thing that there is a branch of knowledge besides science in which 85% people of the planet believe somehow and that knowledge is called "Religion"
but which religion ? ... is a big question
there are 3000 different religions in the world today and all of them claim to be the right one
let's have a look into some of the major religions and some of the oldest philosophies
Judaism is indeed one of the oldest religions
it says that the earth was created by God but this earth is a flat earth and that it is floating on water
and there is paradise above the sky and hell under the earth
and then Christianity, the largest religion in the world today, they too say that God created the universe
but according to them all the stars, sun and everything is rotating around our world
and all of the creation was done just six and a half thousand years ago
and one the seventh day ... The God rested
the Greek philosophy is two and a half thousand years old and is still influential today
the Greeks too believed in a godly creation of this universe but they also believed that a goddess called Andromeda ...
... flew into the sky and wherever she flew, her milk was spilled and it created a milky starry way
even today we know this path with the same name "The Milky Way" suggested by the Greeks
then the Hindusim, Jainism, Budhism they're all ancient religions but insist that the universe has no beginning or an end
it was always there and it will always be there
but wait a moment and look back on these concepts
if Judaism is true then why there is morning in America and evening in Japan at the same time ?
a flat earth should have morning and evening in all the countries at the same time
and also there are 4550 satellites revolving around our earth right now which prove that its not flat
if Christianity is true that it all happened just six or seven thousand years ago then the light from gn-z11 was not supposed to reach us it would have been impossible
even more confusing is that the God who created all this in six or seven days; why did he get tired
he is supposed to be almight, all powerful
and also there are fifty different versions of the holy scripture of Christianity called the Bible so which version are we suuposed to accept ?
which version is the truthful one ?
and if the Greeks were right then who spilled the milk on these other galaxies which are actually collections of trillions and trillions of stars
and if the Hinduism, Jainism and Budhism are correct ...
... that the universe was always there and will always be there then why are galaxies drifting away from each others ?
and on such a high speed that only our milky way is travelling in space at 2.1 million km/hour
and anything that is travelling in space has a beginning and an end
at this point one can say that these religions too have their limitations
the message was same at some point but with time; a lot has changed in them
but I have yet to tell you about one certain religion, the only religion which has claimed that there are no lies in it
about 1400 years ago there emerged a religion in Arab which is called The Islam
within only a few years, this religion spread into entire arabia and eventually in the whole world
and today Islam is the second largest religion of the world
islam too has a similar concept of creation in its holy book Quran, for example surah Hud (a chapter in Quran)
God is the one who created skies and the earth in six days and his throne was on the waters
it seems as if the message in Quran was sent by the same being, but there is something that sets Quran apart from others ...
a claim ... that was claimed in Quran
a claim in the very beginning of Quran
it is a book in which there is no doubt
now that is a serious claim and people like us who want to discover the truth
we will test this claim to be right or wrong
good thing is that this is the only book which has no other versions in the whole world
one book, one version and one claim
neither cosmogony ever made this claim
nor any of the historical tablets or any culture or any other religion
we will also check the concepts of creation of the man who introduced this religion ... Muhammad bin Abdullah (s.a.w) which is there in the collection of his sayings called "Hadiths"
Abu Razeen reports that he asked Muhammad (s.a.w)
where was our God before the creation of everything ?
and he replied that God was neither in time or space and there was nothing above or below him
and then he created his throne on the water
now these resources seem sound and logical because ...
they are very realistic, they have the concept of time and space
they have the concept of "nothingness" so we must look further into these resources and see were do they take us
and to explore it further our major sources shall be two, the holy book of Islam called Al-Quran ...
and the person who lived in Arabia, the last messenger of all the messenger called prophet Muhammad (s.a.w)
a concept of creation in Quran among all the religions which is hard to challenge is in its chapter of Anbiya
that do disbelievers not see that earth and sky were together ...
and we seperated them ... and we created all living things from water
now this seems logical and truthful because ...
when the sky and the earth must have seperated; it would have happened with a mighty force of expansion
the same expansion which is still echoing today
the very same echo which today we know as cosmic microwave background
and this expansion also explains the drifting away of all the galaxies from each other because ...
it is very basic to understand that if you reverse this drifting away of all the galaxies ...
you will eventually reach the point where all of this were closer, together with each other ... un-seperated
these are very interesting revelations but we need more so we will explore this book even further
it is mentioned in the Quran atleast five times that we created the earth and sky in six days
which days were those ? were they our usual 24 hour days ?
infact this was the very same problem with Christianity that considering such short time, it was impossible for us to see the light coming from gn-z11
and there is no explanation of those days or time in the Bible anyway
do you remember the horizon problem which I spoke about in the beginning that it seems that time ...
seems to be different in different regions of the universe ?
but I think science has made a mistake here
they should have named this a "revelation" instead of a "problem" because ...
the concept of time is very clear in Quran unlike in Christianity or Bible
the chapters of Hajj and Maa'rij tell us very clearly about the changing properties of time for example ...
a day to your lord equals your thousand years ...
angels and rooh, ascend towards him in a day which equals your 50,000 years
somewhere a day equals a thousand years and somewhere equals fifty thousand years ? ... it seems to be a pretty advanced book
which speaks about changing properties of time on such an advanced level, a level which no other religion has ever reached
we can go even further in-depth about the concept of creation in Quran
the first verse of the chapter of Al-Anam is ...
all praise is to Allah who created skies and the earth and the lights and the darknesses
it seems to be a wonderful verse because ...
if you look at it; it tells us about more than one skies ...
and also the creation of darkness ... but how can the darkness be created ?
normally the absence of the light is called darkness
and then the word of "khalaq" for the creation of skies and the word of "ja'al" for the creation of darkness and light ?
why so ?
but probably the most important question that who is Allah ? who is after all; the creator of all this
one by one we will look into all this but first of all the mystery of darkness
there lived a German astronomer in the 17th century called Heinrich Olber
he raised a question
which we know of as "olber's paradox"
and he said that if this universe is truly infinite
and if it is expanded everywhere uniformly
then everywhere we should look in the night sky, our eye should end up on a star and the night sky ...
should have been much brighter than it is ... but it is not
it is as if something is covering all this light, something dark, something like a night
it has been three hundred years today that no-one gave a satisfactory answer to Olber's question but for me ...
I feel that answer lies in the chapter of Sun in Quran
that I swear by the night when she covers
it seems to be a very advanced book and one desires ...
to explore this book further to know the secrets of creation
so the next stage is to understand the sky because human's relationship with sky is far old and far more deep
we have been looking into the sky for centuries, we even have names for those who like the sky for example ...
we named him/her a "nephophile" whoever likes the sky and its clouds
we labelled someone as "ceraunophile" whoever likes the sky and its roars
whoever likes the sky and its rain, we named him "pluviophile", whoever likes the sky and its stars, we called him an "astrophile"
and whoever loved the sky and its moon, has been called a "selenophile"
but the question is; what exactly is the sky ?
but before I tell you further; I would like to share an experience with you
before I wrote this chapter; I had interviewed 20 people that what is sky in your opinion ?
someone answered that the "blue thing" we see above is sky, and someone answered that somewhere far above ...
there must be a "white shield" which would, persumably called "sky"
someone answered that the "clouds" are probably the sky; there were so many interesting answers to be honest
let's take a look at science that what is sky according to science
"the blue thing" is actually just the atmosphere, and it is blue because when sunlight enters our atmosphere, and sunligh is made up of seven colors
then the blue color is seperated from all the other colors because of the gases present in our atmosphere
because the wave-length of the blue color is the shortest of all the other colors
and in the evening the blue disappears and the red takes over because then ...
the sun is closer to the horizon and the atmosphere between us and the sun is ...
almost 38% denser than the normal atmosphere in the sky
but how far above this atmosphere is ?
the science does answer this question, that six and a half mile above you will find the atmospheric layer called "troposphere" and almost all the climate of our earth ...
is present in this layer of atmosphere
clouds, rain, storms, all the life in the world lives inside this layer ...
even the farthest looking clouds are actually inside this layer
but what is above that ?
above that; there is a 31 miles thick layer which is called "stratosphere"
surely you must have heard of ozone layer which protects the planet from the harmful rays of the sun
some of the commercial flights fly in lower regions of this layer and some spy jets fly in the middle region of this layer
but what is above that ?
above that there is a 53 miles thick layer called "mesosphere"
life is not possible for humans there because the temperature can be -90 degree centigrade and there is almost no air or oxygen
when meteorites enter this layer; they start burning, the meteorites; the mysterious stones about which ...
i will tell you in the 10th chapter
but what is above that ?
above that there is another 300 miles thick layer which is called "thermosphere"
this is the place where most of our satellites are rotating around the planet
and this is the place where the most beautiful dark green lights are born which are called ...
one of the most beautiful night shows of our planet, and my most favorite, the aurora lights ... but what is above them ?
above that there is an imaginary boundary of our planet called the karmen line
because after this, the greatest expansions of empty space begins ... spread out trillions and trillions of miles into deep space
so far into space that the light from ng-z11 must take 14 billion years to reach us
but where was sky during all this ?
and what is above that ?
science cannot help us above that because those places are out of the realms of knowledge of science
what mysteries lie in there ? where will we see the sky ?
how must sky look like and what is above the sky ?
for that now ... the source of our knowledge is Quran and Hadith
Quran speaks about the descending of water atleast 22 times
that we descended the water from the sky
but the watery clouds are just at the elevation of 2 kilometers
so we need to find more clues about sky in the Quran
atleast three times, Quran speaks about the sky as a "safe roof"
atleast twice it is mentioned that this "safe roof" is also secured so that it does not fall
at this point it starts to seem as if sky is protecting us from something
and also as if it too, has been secured from something
does that mean that the sky might be the name for ozone or any other similar protecting layer ?
perhaps still, the clues are not enough
so we must study Quran deeper tfor a better understanding of the sky
the chapter of Tariq, speaks about a strange property of the sky ...
that it returns over and over again
now whoever is aware of climatology, meaning the study of the climates
they are aware that there are only four seasons, meaning winter, summer, autumns and spring ...
but the climate is actually of 12 types
which is influenced directly from atmosphere in the sky
which is returned from the sky ... over and over again to the earth
for example, rain, fog, precipitation, snowfall, storm, winds
all of them return to earth over and over again, influenced directly from the sky and the atmosphere ... in the sky
atleast three times it is so mentioned that the sun, the stars and the moon are also ... in the sky
twice it speaks about the decorating stars that they too are ... in the sky
and thrice, it speaks about the pillars that are ... in the sky
for example the 16th verse of the chapter of stone says ...
that the beautiful pillars are placed ... in the sky ... for those who see
exactly which pillars those might be ? who can say ...
but a picture was taken in 1995 that was called one of the ten most beautiful pictures ever taken
it was such a beautiful picture that ...
it was photographed many more times afterwards
three towering pillars which were infact, exactly called ... "the pillars of creation"
which have been a source of beauty, comfort and admiration for those who are watching
at this point, it becomes crystal clear that the sky ... is a great expansion upwards
besides the sun, the moon and the stars, Quran gives us more properties of the sky, for example
burning flames that chase and catch
such mysterious stars which eat the entire galaxies without leaving a trace
infact in Quran, I even found the references to such stars that can have a tail 6 million miles coming behind it
but all of it at its right time, first we must continue our journey upwards in the sky
such wonderful creations, the pillars, sun, stars ... cannot be only just in the milkyway
stars, infact are there in the other galaxies
our own galaxy milkyway contains about 400 billion stars
and our sun is just one of them
our neighbouring galaxy contains 2.5 times more stars than our milkyway ...
that means more than a trillion stars
and there are some 2 trillion galaxies out there, just like milkyway and andromeda
is it all ... in the sky ?
where is the highest limit ?
further research in Quran, guided me to atleast 4 places where ...
it speaks about the expansion and the highest limits of the sky and two of them are crystal clear
for example the chapter of Ghashiya
do they not see, how the sky has been elevated
or the chapter of Dhariyat
we have created the sky with our own hands and we are the one to expand it
looking at all these clues, finally start to build an understanding in front of us
that the expansions of the sky
start actually just above us
and its expansion goes much much high
but is there any limit to this great expansion ?
the answer is yes
there is a limit to this great expansion, a boundary
which is mentioned infact in Al-Naaziyat and Al-Rahman
is the sky more difficult to create or you ?
Allah is the one who created it and elevated its "samak" (meaning the outer boundary)
and the second verse is a very mighty one which also carries a challenge in it
oh Jinn and Humans !
if you have the authority to leave the "boundaries" of sky and earth, then leave !
without power you cannot leave, flames of fire and smoke shall be released upon you ...
and you will not be able to protect yourself
do you get the point ? that after these huge expansions ...
the distances which neither can I explain, nor can you understand
somewhere
there must come a place where there will be a "samak" of the sky
meaning an outer layer of the sky
where upon reaching, there shall be released flames and smoke
and perhaps that place
is the boundary of the expansion of the sky of our world
the outer surface of the sky, the limit of the sky
and the expansion of the sky starts from just above us, from our atmosphere
and goes all the way up above until its "samak" its outer layer
this is the reason why water is descending down from this sky
this is the reason why the sun, the moon and the stars are floating inside this sky
this is the sky which is decorated with the stars
sky is actually ... a huge expansion
starting just above from our heads
expanded trillions and trillions of miles upwards
which finally has a boundary somwhere far far above
but before I tell you about that ...
I want to tell you some of the things
during my research work in Quran, on four points ...
I observed about the design of the sky
on six places, I observed the clues about creatures in the sky
on three places, I observed the "rizq" descending down from the sky
on six places, I observed the doors and pathways of the sky
on two places,
I observed the emotions of the sky
on two places, I observed the Jinnat and Shayateen travelling in the sky
on three places, I observed the places that ascend and descend in the sky
on sixteen places ...
I observed the destiny of the sky ... what will eventually happen to it
and on five places ...
I observed Allah, the creator everything, swearing upon the sky, one of his greatest creations
on time; I will share all of these things with you, one by one, for example the creatures who live in the sky
for example the things that ascend and descend into the sky
for example the doorways and pathways of the sky
or what will finally happen to the sky
and on seven places in Quran ...
I observed the number of skies that they too ... are seven
and from here on; I will tell you about those seven skies
it has become very clear now that upto this point, reaching through science would have been impossible
so through the Quran and Hadith ...
I explored more about the composition of the skies
and in a book from a 14th century egyptian scholar, Jalal-Al-Deen As-Sayooti's book ...
As-Samaya Fil Hayat As-Samiyyah
I discovered a detailed description and the composition of these seven skies
and now I will tell you ... what lies beyond the Karmen line, the last frontier of mankind's reach
the last boundary of this great expansion which starts from above us ...
is the first sky ... which is the sky of the earth
it is made out of water and it is called "raqiya"
and probably because of this water, smoke will be released to anyone who dares reaching it, according to surah Rahman
hadith of Mira'aj tells us that this is the sky where Adam and Eve are living now
and according to some traditions, this was the sky where prophet Muhammad saw an angel called Habib ...
built half with fire and half with ice
I want to share something with you about the water of this sky
roman emperor Heraclius wrote a letter to Mua'wiya (r.a)
he requested to tell him the things, which people often ask about ... but the answers ...
should only be from the teachings of prophet Muhammad (s.a.w)
Mua'wiya (r.a) sent that letter to Ibn Abbas (r.a) so he could answer it better
this letter carried a question about "mujarra" ...
and Ibn Abbas answered that "mujarra" is ...
like a door in the sky, which acts like a barrier between "here" and "there"
it is the kind of a barrier through which, nothing can pass
not even the heat, not even the temperature
I also discovered about "mujarra" that it is a liquid that is alive, a kind of water that is alive
although I couldn't verify this tradition from another place but if it is correct ...
then the first sky is made of such water which is alive
it contains such doors ...
through which nothing can pass, not even the temperature
above it ... there is the second sky made of white pearls ... it is called "aazfiloun"
according to hadith, prophet Eissa (jesus) and Yahya (john the baptist) are living there
above that; there is the third sky which is called "qaidoum" and is made of pure iron
in this third sky prophet Youssef (joseph) lives and according to some traditions ...
this is the sky where hazrat Izraeel (a.s) ...
the angel of death
above that ... there is the fourth sky which is made of pure brass and it is called "maaou'na"
it is where prophet Idrees (a.s) lives
and there ...
lives an angel called "kisfaa'eil" who is the angel of tears
above that ... there is the fifth sky which is called "riqqa"
made out of pure silver
there lives prophet Haroon (auron) and that is where the custodian of hell, Malik lives
malik ... who commands some of the most mysterious angels
who are mentions in surah Alaq
referred with the name of "zabaaniyah"
but the details about angels will come up in the second chapter
above that ... there is the sixth sky which is called "daqna'a"
it is made out of pure gold and pure stones of red color ... where prophet Musa (moses) lives
but before I tell you further ...
I wish you to imagine just for a second ...
a sky made of pure gold and red rubies ...
surah Najm speaks of a great tree there, whose roots ...
are there in the sixth sky and ...
its branches reach high up in the seventh sky
the tree is called "lote tree of the farthest boundary"
it is a berry trees whose leaves ...
are large and its fruit ... is like large pots
beetles made of pure gold are flying around this tree and Muhammad (s.a.w) reports ...
that on the night of ascention, when this tree was covered with the the order of Allah ...
the color of that tree changed in a way ... that I never even knew those colors
no living being of the world ...
can describe how beautiful those colors are
and then there is the seventh sky which is called "areeba"
which is also known in the people of the book as "araboth"
this is the sky where prophet Ibrahim (abraham) lives
it is made of such light which humans cannot understand
the branches of lote tree can only reach upto this place
whatever goes from below ... is stopped here
and whatever comes from above is received from here
but what is above that ?
from this moment onwards ... I will be very careful and I request you to listen very carefully
above that ... there is the throne of God
which is carried by eight great angels
this throne is made of red ruby
and there is the great chair above the throne
and this is the limit of all the knowledge that was ever there of anyone including mankind
above that ... there is the Lord of the Throne
Allah ... The lord of everything
my creator ...
your creator ...
the lord of whatever I have written or spoken ...
and writing about above the throne ...
I feel a certain kind of fear
there is a place on the right side of the throne where everything is written ... loh-e-mahfooz
Allah has made it with the pure white pearls
its pages are made of red rubies
and its writing is written with light
this is where everything is written
about everything that was ever there and about everything that there will ever be
and whatever Allah wills, is written in it
its base is made of pure white stone and it is placed in the lap of an angel
Allah, The lord of everything looks at it 360 times in a day
prophet Muhammad reports that the seven skies compared to the throne ...
are like a ring in a huge desert
and the throne compared to the great chair is like a ring in a huge desert
just pause for a second and imagine what you just heard
can your brain truly understand these great expansions ?
can I truly explain these greatnesses to you ? ... perhaps never
it was never meant for any creation to fully understand these things
do you remember me saying in the very beginning that nearly all the cultures in the world ...
speak of a mighty force creating everything ... and speaking some words ?
but no culture could tell what words were those even theoretical physics has a theory that ...
before the creation; many universes were floating among many forces, for example the force of gravity etc ...
and after every few trillion years; these universes collide with each other, resulting a massive bang, a big bang
the reason of this collision might either be unimagineably powerful force of gravity or ...
or according to this theory ...
a force which is unknown to us ...
I don't know what do you make of these last words but ...
when I was writing these words in this chapter; I actually smiled because ...
in Quran; I found this unimaginably mighty great force mentioned atleast 7 times
when we wish something to be ... we order it "be" ...
... and so "it becomes"
the most unimagineable and most powerful force that ever existed ... for force of "kun fayakun" the word of God
this universe and the mysteries hidden in it has always been one of the biggest questions of mankind
Imran bin Hussain once visited prophet Muhammad (s.a.w)
and tied his camel on the front of the door
Imran also saw some of the people from Yemen also visiting the prophet and he heard them saying, O prophet of Allah ...
we have come to know from you, how this universe came into be ...
prophet started to tell them how Allah had always been there ...
he was all alone and his throne was placed above the water
he wrote everything in the loh-e-mahfood and created the skies and the earth
the prophet was still telling but someone shouted to Imran that Imran, your camel has broken off and ran away
and as Imran heard of this, he too ... ran after the camel
and he saw that the camel has reached far into the desert and later Imran was heard saying, I swear by God ...
I wish I had let that camel escape but had heard what the prophet was telling
if I be honest; I too wish that the she-camel had not broken off that day
and Imran Bin Hussain would have reported us what prophet had told that day
Allah knows how many secrets would had been uncovered by prophet that day
exactly the way ...
how prophet Muhammad reported about prophet Musa's meeting with that mysterious personality
and his inability to be patient during their trip and said ... May Allah have mercy upon Musa ...
if he just had been patient; Allah would have revealed many more of those mysteries to us
today's chapter ... was just a beginning of our journey
from today on; I'm going to tell you more of the chapters
in which we will take guidance from Quran, Hadith and the modern scientific knowledge
