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(Jami Tirmidhi)

Scientific and Archaeological Explanation of

the Ayaats of the Holy Quran

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Sura: Al-A'raaf

Ayat 54

Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, and He is firm

in power; He throws the veil of night over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and (He created) the

sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by His command; surely His is the creation and the

command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

M Shakir's Quran Translation

Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly

established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the

other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under

His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of

the worlds!

Yusuf Ali's Quran Translation

Six Day Creation

Clarification no 1

Quran mentions the six day creation at various places in the Holy Quran. The Arabic words used are ستة ايام which can

be translated as six days or six epochs. The Arabic word ايام conveys both the meanings. Considering the fact that a 24

hours day depends upon the movement of sun, moon and the earth and those were not even created yet the right

way to translate the Ayat as six epochs (periods) and not six days. Even if someone translates it as days then he

should remember that those ‘days’ are not the 24 hour days but are the days in sight of Allah. Verily a Day in the

sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning (SURAH HAJJ 22:47).

Clarification no 2

There are few ahadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)) which speak of some detail of creation. For

instance:

Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) took hold of my hands and said: Allah, the

Exalted and Glorious, created the clay on Saturday and He created the mountains on Sunday and He created the

trees on Monday and He created the things entailing labour on Tuesday and created light on Wednesday and lie

caused the animals to spread on Thursday and created Adam (peace be upon him) after 'Asr on Friday; the last

creation at the last hour of the hours of Friday, i. e. between afternoon and night.

MUSLIM :: BOOK 39 : HADITH 6707

A non Muslim might argue that we Muslims say that the Quran speaks of the six period creation then why is this

Hadith using the words Saturday, Sunday etc which are only used for a 24 hours day. A clarification is required that

the description given in the above hadith is not of the six period creation mentioned in the Holy Quran. These

happenings are after the six day creation, after the formation of universe and the earth. The above hadith mentions

seven complete days and not the six days.

Clarification no 3

The description given in the bible in Genesis Chapter 1 is also of the creation after the creation of the universe and

the earth. It is mentioned ‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth’ (GENESIS 1:1) and the rest of the

story is mentioned after that. This clarifies that the description mentioned ahead is the description after the creation

of the earth and universe but amazingly the creation of sun and moon is mentioned afterwards which is unscientific.

It also says that God did rest on the seventh day which is illogical, God doesn’t require any rest.

That description of bible contains many errors. It is a mystery that can never be solved. Some Christians say that the

days mentioned there are 24 hours some say those are long epochs. Which ever explanation we adopt, 24 hours or

epochs, we can never solve all the ‘problems’ in these verses. I urge the readers to study Genesis Chapter 1

themselves.

Clarification no 4

At some places Quran has mentioned the simultaneous creation of the earth and the heavens but few people

misunderstand it and say that Quran says that it created earth and then the heavens in two days which goes against

the established scientific fact and the Quran when it says that it created the heavens and the earth in six days. The

fact is that few people have mistranslated the Arabic word ثنwhich can have various meanings. In some places in the

Quran it must be translated as ‘moreover’ or ‘simultaneously’. If the word is correctly translated then those Ayaats

would seem to tell that Allah created the Earth moreover he created the Heavens. See SURAH BAQARAH 2: 22 and

SURAH FUSSILAT 41:9-11.

Scientific interpretation of six day creation What is the scientific interpretation of the six day creation? This is something still unknown to mankind. Why did

Allah divide those events into six periods? This mystery is still unknown to mankind. We don’t have any strong

evidence to support it and also there is no evidence at all to refute it. There is some divine wisdom in Allah’s

classification of those events into six periods which will be might be revealed one day by the will of Allah.

Ayaats of Quran speaking of six day creation

Surah Aa'raf 7:54, Surah Younus 10:3, Surah Hood 11:7, Surah Furqan 25:59, Surah Sajdah 32:4, Surah Fussilat 41:9-

11, Surah Qaaf 50:38, Surah Hadeed 57:4.

Spherical Shape of the Earth This Ayat also draws our attention towards the spherical shape of the earth which was not known to man at that

time. He throws the veil of night over the day; which it pursues incessantly; these words refer to the spherical

shape of the earth. The Arabic phrase يطلبه حثيثا means ‘seeking the other in rapid succession’ . Let us try to visualize

what the Ayat is saying: he throws the veil of night over the day, seeking the other in rapid succession.

The day comes out every day from the same direction it came out from the previous day, and its sun moves to

comes down in the same direction it came down at yesterday and also the darkness from the east and it depresses in

the west, then this scene is repeated again and again. Overlapping the night on the day so it hide it and makes the

night as a sphere, and overlap the day on the night so it hide it and makes the day as a sphere. And so by making

both of them rounded around each other we can see a spherical body rolling between both of them gathering them

and making them rounded around each other. This body is the earth.

There are other Ayats in the Quran where spherical shape is described clearly. We’ll discuss this topic there also.

(See SURAH RAAD 13:3 and SURAH SHAMS 91:6)

Divine Laws that govern the celestial bodies Further more Allah says in the Ayat that all the celestial bodies are following the laws laid down by Allah. The billions

of stars and galaxies in the universe move in perfect equilibrium in the paths set out for them. Stars, planets and

satellites rotate not only around their own axes but also together with the systems of which they are an integral

part. Sometimes, galaxies containing 200-300 billion stars move across each others' paths. Yet amazingly, no

collisions take place that might damage the great order in the universe. This miracle is something over which all of us

should reflect.

This document is based on my under process book. I plan to collect all the Ayaats of the Holy Quran with deal with

scientific, historical and archaeological subjects. I am trying to provide explanation to those Ayaats in light of

Previous commentaries (Tafaseer), established science, archaeological discoveries and Arabic lexicons. Send in

your comments, queries and suggestion at Muhammad.Awais.Tahir@gmail.com

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