Appendix 6
Greatness
of God
We learn from Verse 39:67 that God’s greatness
is far beyond human comprehension—the verse states that all seven universes are “folded within God’s hand.”
Supported by the Quran’s formidable mathematical code, we are taught that our
universe is the smallest and innermost of seven universes
(41:12, 55:33, 67:5, & 72:8-12). Meanwhile, our scientific advances
have shown us that our galaxy, the
Milky Way, is 100,000 light years across,
and that our universe contains
a billion such galaxies
and a billion trillion stars,
plus countless decillions of heavenly bodies.
Our universe is estimated to span distances
in excess of 20,000,000,000 light years.
Count the Stars!
If we take only a quintillion [1,000,000,000,000,000,000] of the stars and simply count them [from 0 to quintillion] one count per second, day and night, this will take
32 billion years (more than the age of the universe). That is how long it will
take to just “count” them; but God “created” them. Such is the greatness
of God.
We can appreciate the vastness of our universe
if we imagine going on a space odyssey. When we leave the planet Earth
towards the sun, at the speed of light, we reach the sun after
93,000,000
miles
and
8
minutes.
It
will
take
us
more
than
50,000 years at the speed of light to exit our galaxy. From the outer limit
of the Milky Way, our planet Earth is
invisible. Not even the most powerful telescope
can detect our tiny
“Earth.”
We have
to
spend
more
than
2,000,000 years at the speed
of light to reach
our
next-door
galaxy. At least 10,000,000,000 years,
at
the
speed of light, must be spent to reach
the outer limit of our universe. From the
outer limit of our universe, even the Milky
Way is like a speck of dust in a large
room. |
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The second universe surrounds our universe. The third universe is larger than the
second, and so on. More accurately, our universe
should be considered the seventh universe,
surrounded by the sixth universe,
which is surrounded by the fifth
universe, and so on. Can you imagine
the vastness of the first,
outermost universe? No number exists to describe the circumference of the first universe. This incomprehensible vastness
is “within the fist of God’s hand.” From the outer limit of the
outermost universe, where is the planet Earth? How significant is it? On the infinitesimal mote called Earth, such minuscule creatures as Mary, Jesus,
and Muhammad lived.
Yet, some people set up these powerless humans as gods!
God’s greatness is represented not only by the fact that He holds the seven universes
in His hand, but also by the fact that He fully
controls every atom,
even subatomic components, everywhere in the greater universe
(6:59, 10:61, & 34:3).
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