God and the Universe

DISCOVERY OF GOD 14 billion years ago, the universe burst into existence in an extraordinary event that initiated the Big Bang. It has been theorized that in the first fleeting fraction of a second, the universe expanded exponentially in what is described as the first tremors of the Big Bang, stretching far beyond the view of our best telescopes. Their data also represents the first images of gravitational waves or ripples in space-time. The team analyzed their data for over three years to rule out errors. They also considered whether dust in our galaxy could produce the observed pattern, but the data suggest this is highly unlikely. Harvard theorist Avi Loeb said this work offers new insights into our fundamental questions: Why do we exist? How did the universe begin? These results provide strong evidence for inflation. They also tell us when inflation occurred and how powerful the process was. These groundbreaking results came from observations by the BICEP2 telescope of the cosmic microwave background, a faint glow left over from the Big Bang. (The Times of India, New Delhi, March 19, 2014, p. 23) THE SUPREME CREATOR, THE ALL-KNOWING One of God’s attributes is that He is the Creator of the universe. Another of His features is that He is the Omniscient. The Quran says: “Is He who created the heavens and earth unable to