Who Expanded the Universe?

Proof that the Universe is expanding existed long before the Hubble telescope.

Intro:

I will do one short series of articles about scientific topics; soon I will be blogging about entirely different subjects that are of interest to me as well.

 

The Quran is an Arabic book, however we try to explain it as best we can; many Muslims don't

have the knowledge to do so, as I know from personal experience is frustrating.

 

The Quran cannot be 'translated', the best we can do as non Arabs, towards understanding the meanings, which even many ignorant Arabs or Arab Muslims without a good foundation in classical Arabic, can't always manage either. No wonder there hasn't been as much progress over the centuries [as Muslims would like] trying to get the Islamic message across and the meanings  'published' in English or other languages.

 

There is still a big gap in terms of the Arabic material that needs translation and publication.

 

The Expanding Universe:

 

 

"Prophet Muhammad used to recite a verse of the Quran to his companions that ultimately stated that the universe is expanding.

 

'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.' And

'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.'

 

Did the Arabs get this knowledge by some other means? That is conjecture that cannot be

considered reasonable to an honest person.

 

If the fact had been known then, why wasn't it published in other scholars' works, like those of the European Christians, or so forth? The fact is the Europeans should have had a head start, being that they are considered far more advanced than Muslims, according to the prevalent view of ordinary people today, who claim Islam is a backwards and tribal religion with no merits. But they are convinced that Christians were far more educated than the 'desert dwellers'. They even considered themselves superior in terms of race. Much the way the Chinese might've thought themselves superior too.

 

The reason why the Christians, or anyone else, didn't have this information is that they had fallen out of favor with God, and He chose to bestow revelation on the Arab nation, and chose Muhammad from the best of the Arabs, as he was an upright and virtuous person, with all the noble and good qualities; he was also considered intelligent and truthful.