: To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on earth, and all between them, and all beneath the soil.(20:6)
Can anyone explain what Allah meant by ''and all between them'' ?
Stars, planets, suns, moons, atmosphere, clouds everything is within the boundary of the lowest heaven not in between the earth and the heaven . Moreover earth itself is within the lowest Heaven. So what's the meaning of this verse.
Please help.
Salam,
Picture the Earth as a place and picture ALL that is above/around the earth as a place (heavens). He created the Earth and the Heavens, and ALL that exists between.
When God says that He created the Heavens, Earth and
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN (including you and me) in six days this means that He is referring to the period of existence. Earth has been in existence for 2 days (out of 6) as Quran 41:9 states. The Quran in many places says that the universe is 6 days. That means the universe has existed for 6 days/periods at the time of the Quranic revelation. This is (again) because it says that Allah created everything in between the Earth and the Universe in 6 days--that means that ALL of the creatures that were currently present at the time of Quranic revelation. New creations have occurred after that time, new planets were formed and they became everything in between the heavens and the Earth. That meant that after a long period of time, Allah would say that he created the Earth and the heavens and
everything in between in 7+ days.
n God's Throne time, Earth is 2 days old while the Heavens, Earth and everything in between are 6 days old. This makes the age of Earth to be one third the age of the universe (2/6 = 1/3). Similarly in Earth time, the age of Earth is 4.567 billion years while the age of the universe is 13.7 billion years; this is also one third (4.567 bln/13.7 bln = 1/3). So it is the same ratio in Earth time or in God's Throne time [8]. The theory of general relativity explains why time at God's Throne passes slower than on Earth. General relativity explains why 6 days passed at God's Throne but we measured it as 13.7 billion years (that is each day at God's Throne measures around 2.28 billion years on Earth).
Hope that clears it up.
I noticed in your posts that you are very interested in space/astronomy. I have something great for you!
Quran 41:9-12 Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds.", And He placed on the earth firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its sustenance in four days without distinction - for [the information] of those who ask, Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly.", And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.So these verses say that Allah created the Earth in 2 days. Allah also put on the earth mountains. Allah also determined/decreed the Earth's sustenance in 4 days! In here you see that Allah has determined all the sustenance of the Earth in 4 days, then (
after he determined the sustenance) he made the heavens and the earth to come into existence. And they came to existence as "dukhan"---SMOKE, GAS!. The accuracy here is
AMAZING! Science testifies to this.
Here is the timeline:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------=6 days
-----------------------------------------------------4--------------------------2
*Period in which Allah determined Earth's
Sustenance (4 days).
*Earth existed after that 4 day period for 2 days.
So Allah decreed Earth's formation to be 4 days since the universe's creation...after he determined everything, he made everything come to existence.
