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The
Big Bang Theory is the dominant scientific theory about
the origin of the universe. According to the big bang, the
universe was created from a cosmic explosion that hurled matter
in all directions. In 1927, Georges Lemaître
was the first to propose that the universe began with the
explosion of a primeval atom. Years later, Edwin Hubble
found experimental evidence to help justify Lemaître's
theory. He found that distant galaxies in every direction
are going away from us with speeds proportional to their distance.
The theory also predicts the existence of cosmic background
radiation (the glow left over from the explosion itself).
The Big Bang Theory received its strongest confirmation when
this radiation was discovered in 1964 by Arno Penzias and
Robert Wilson, who later won the Nobel Prize for this
discovery. Until now, the cosmic microwave background, big
bang nucleosynthesis, and the observed Hubble expansion of
the Universe are considered proof of the big bang theory.
According
to the Big Bang,
the whole universe was initially one big mass. Then there
was a Big Bang [explosion] which resulted in the formation
of Galaxies. These then divided to form stars, planets, the
sun, the moon, etc. The origin of the universe was unique
and the probability of it occurring by chance is zero.
In
the Quran, Allah says,
“Do
not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were
joined together (as one unit of mass), before we clove them
asunder? …” 21:30
In
41:53, Allah says,
41:53
In time We will show them Our Signs in the utmost Horizons
and within themselves, so that it will become clear to them
that this Qur'an is indeed the Truth. Is it not enough for
them to know that your Lord is Witness to all things (including
this proclamation)?
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