Greetings H2O,
I would like to put forth a couple of Creation ayahs that have been bothering me.
Perhaps you could clarify them for me….?
Let’s first examine 41:11 from the Koranic version of the Creation sequence…
ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْضِ اِئْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا قَالَتَا أَتَيْنَا طَائِعِينَ
Thumma istawa ila alssama-i wahiya dukhanun faqala laha walil-ardi i/tiya tawAAan aw karhan qalata atayna ta-iAAeena
Then He aimed/tended to the sky/space and it is smoke/fumes, so He said to it and to the earth/Planet Earth: "You come voluntarily or forcefully/involuntarily." They said: "We came obedient." (41:11)
As you are probably already aware, this ayah comes ~3/4 of the way through this Koranic sequence…
My question is; where exactly do you think the sky/space and the Earth are going when they reply “We came obedient.”?
Also, just how does this relate to what modern Astrophysics tells us regarding the Creation of the Universe?
Let’s now examine 21:30…that initiates another Koranic Creation sequence…
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَوَتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَهُمَا وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَى أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Awa lam yara allatheena kafaroo anna alssamawati waal-arda kanata ratqan fafataqnahuma wajaAAalna mina alma-i kulla shay-in hayyin afala yu/minoona
Did those who disbelieved not see that the skies/space and the earth/Planet Earth, they were joined, so We split/ruptured them, and We made/created from the water every thing alive/living, so do they not believe? (21:30)
Now…here we have the skies/space and the Earth originally joined, and then split…
How does this relate to the sequence from Sura 41…?
Also, again…just how does this relate to what modern Astrophysics tells us regarding the Creation of the Universe?
Thanks for your time…