The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
The Qur’an: The Book of God
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million years B.C., its circumference has stretched
from 6 thousand to sixty thousand million light
years. This means that there are inconceivably vast
distances between the celestial bodies. And it has
been discovered that they revolve as part of galactic
systems, just as our earth and the planets revolve
around the sun.
Just as within the Solar System, many planets and
asteroids are situated at great distances from each
other, yet revolve according to one system, likewise
every material body is composed of innumerable
‘Solar Systems’ on an infinitesimally small scale.
These systems are called atoms. While the vacuum
of the Solar System is observable, the vacuum of the
atomic system is too small to be visible. All things,
however solid they appear, are hollow from the
inside. For instance, if all the electrons and protons
present within the atoms of a six foot tall man were
to be squeezed in such a manner that no space were
left, his body would be reduced to such a tiny spot
as would be visible only through a microscope.
The farthest galaxy that has been observed is
situated several million light years away from the
