Spirit of Islam, March 2013

A CCORDING to scientific accounts, about 15 billion years ago, at the behest of the Creator, a big cosmic ball came into existence in space. This contained all the particles from which the various parts of our universe have been formed. Again, at the command of God, there was an explosion in this great cosmic ball which scientists refer to as the ‘Big Bang’. After this explosion, all its particles were scattered throughout the vastness of space. Later, adhering to the Creator’s plan, they began to assemble themselves in different forms. With the coming together of these particles, innumerable stars, galaxies, dark matter, and our solar system were formed. In this way, the entire universe gradually came into existence. The Creator then chose the planet Earth for the implementation of one of His special plans. This process spanned aeons, as the planet earth cooled down. By God’s command, water was produced and with heavy rainfall, seas and rivers came into existence. About threequarters of the planet Earth was covered with water. Subsequently, again according to the Creator’s plan, vegetation appeared on the planet and the land became covered with lush green forests. Then the world of animals came into existence and the earth was filled with all kinds of living creatures: innumerable kinds of small organisms, fishes, birds, four-legged animals, etc. made their appearance. The next stage was the creation of man and his settlement on the planet Earth. And so, the first man Adam and his wife Eve were created. Human beings continued to multiply until human settlements came into existence in all parts of the world. Later another part of God’s plan unfolded. This was the coming of the prophets to the Earth. All these prophets were human beings. God sent them especially to carry out the task of explaining to human beings His creation plan in a language they could understand. A 15-BILLION YEAR PLAN An invisible recording system has been established on a universal scale by God, by means of which the words and deeds of every man and woman are continually being recorded.