The extent and majesty of the universe is truly tremendous and it gives us a glimpse of the tremendous nature and power of Allah
(SWT) the creator. The circumference of our planet earth is twenty five thousand miles, that is a distance that light can travel 7
times in one second. As the distances become larger the numbers however become mind boggling. The universe is so vast that the
distances between stars and galaxies have to be measured in "light years," which is the distance traveled by light in a year at the
speed of three hundred thousand kilometers per second.
Our solar system consists of the earth and eight other planets that are orbiting around a star that we call the sun. The distance
between Earth and Sun is eight minutes at the speed of light. The distance to the furtherest planet Pluto is 5 hours and 28 minutes at
the speed of light, compared to this, the nearest star from the Earth other than our Sun, is four light years away.
The Sun and planets, along with two hundred billion other stars, comprises our galaxy "The Milky Way." At the edge of Milky way
galaxy our Sun looks just like a tiny speck when compared to the size of the galaxy "The Milky Way," is one hundred and fifty
thousand light years across. This means that traveling at the speed of light, it would take one hundred and fifty thousand years
to go from one side of Milky Way to the other. The galaxies on the average are separated from each other by about ten million light
years. There are about 500 hundred billion such galaxies in the truly gigantic universe.
In this vast universe are we the only creation? That does not seem logically correct. Indeed Quran tells us that there are many
other earths where God's commandments are coming one after another as these other earths mature at different times.
In the following Quranic verses other heavens and earths are mentioned. The word seven is used in Quran to denote a very large
number more like infinite.
(SWT) the creator. The circumference of our planet earth is twenty five thousand miles, that is a distance that light can travel 7
times in one second. As the distances become larger the numbers however become mind boggling. The universe is so vast that the
distances between stars and galaxies have to be measured in "light years," which is the distance traveled by light in a year at the
speed of three hundred thousand kilometers per second.
Our solar system consists of the earth and eight other planets that are orbiting around a star that we call the sun. The distance
between Earth and Sun is eight minutes at the speed of light. The distance to the furtherest planet Pluto is 5 hours and 28 minutes at
the speed of light, compared to this, the nearest star from the Earth other than our Sun, is four light years away.
The Sun and planets, along with two hundred billion other stars, comprises our galaxy "The Milky Way." At the edge of Milky way
galaxy our Sun looks just like a tiny speck when compared to the size of the galaxy "The Milky Way," is one hundred and fifty
thousand light years across. This means that traveling at the speed of light, it would take one hundred and fifty thousand years
to go from one side of Milky Way to the other. The galaxies on the average are separated from each other by about ten million light
years. There are about 500 hundred billion such galaxies in the truly gigantic universe.
In this vast universe are we the only creation? That does not seem logically correct. Indeed Quran tells us that there are many
other earths where God's commandments are coming one after another as these other earths mature at different times.
In the following Quranic verses other heavens and earths are mentioned. The word seven is used in Quran to denote a very large
number more like infinite.
| THE TRULY TREMENDOUS UNIVERSE |
| Quran Chapter 65 verse 12 God it is who has created seven heavens, and similar number of the earths The commandments comes down among them slowly, that you may know that God is Able to do all things, And that God surrounds all things in knowledge |
| Qur'an Chapter 40 Verse 57 The creation of the heavens and the earth is definitely a greater thing than creation of mankind, however, most of mankind knows not. |
