THE BIG BANG AND THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE

You know that billions of years ago the universe was only a tiny speck. It is now time to

learn how all of a sudden this tiny speck started expanding. You probably watch cartoon films on TV. Generally, an enemy chases the hero in these films and the hero does anything he can to escape. One of the things he frequently does is to use dynamite. For example, Bugs Bunny's enemies place dynamite in his home, or Road Runner's enemies lay dynamite in his

path. In each case, these heroes manage to escape the dynamite with great skill.

Now, try and visualise one of these explosions. For instance, the hunter chasing Bugs Bunny puts explosives in his underground home. What happens when they explode? The soil is scattered around and the pieces move away from one another, right? Before the explosion, the pieces of soil remain together. However, after the explosion, the tiny pieces of soil scatter around and move away from one another. Billions of years ago, the universe came into

being after an explosion. Many pieces came into existence with this explosion. These pieces moved away and scattered around, just like the bits of soil scattering around. Then they started to form the universe and the planets etc.

This explosion, which was the beginning of the creation of the universe by Allah, has come to be called the Big Bang. The moment this great explosion took place, the universe started constantly growing and expanding, and is still expanding today. Before continuing with the next section, let's recap a few points we made earlier:

1.      A long time ago, there was no universe;

2.      The universe came into being with the explosion of one tiny speck;

3.      After the explosion, incredible numbers of particles came into existence which came to make up our universe, and these particles started moving away from one another;

4.      The universe expands as the objects in it move away from each other.

These are all evidence of Allah's infinite might. Even if all the people in the world came together, they could never make even a bad imitation of the universe. Even if all the materials available on earth were gathered together, man would still fail to imitate an explosion as big as the Big Bang. All power belongs to Allah, the One Who creates everything. Reading the next passage, you will better understand the infinite nature of Allah's power and wisdom.