The
science of modern
cosmology clearly indicates that at one point in time, the whole
universe was nothing but a cloud of
'smoke' (i.e. an opaque highly dense and hot gaseous composition). This is one of the undisputed principles of standard modern cosmology.
Scientists now can observe new
stars forming out of the remnants of that 'smoke'. The illuminating stars we see at night were, just as was the whole universe, in that 'smoke' material.
Scanning the skies for galaxies Canadian astronomer Paul Hickson and colleagues identified some 100 compact groups of galaxies, now appropriately called Hickson Compact Groups HCGs. With only a few member galaxies per group, HCGs are much smaller than the immense clusters of galaxies which lurk in the cosmos, but like the large galaxy clusters, some HCGs seem to be filled with hot, x-ray emitting gas. In fact, groups of galaxies like HCGs may be the building blocks of the large clusters.
-- Astronomy Picture of the Day: 2001 March 9 - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010309.html
Quran 41:11 -
Then He turned to the heavens when it was smoke...
Because the
earth and the
heavens above (the
sun,
moon,
stars,
planets,
galaxies, etc.) have been formed from this same 'smoke' we conclude that the earth and the heavens were one connected entity. Then out of this homogeneous 'smoke', they formed and separated from each other.
Quran 21:30 -
Have not those who disbelieved known that the heavens and the earth were one connected entity, then We separated them?..
Professor Alfred Kroner is one of the world's well-known geologists. He is a Professor of the Department of Geosciences, University of Mainz, in Germany.
He stated -
"Thinking where Muhammad came from, I think it is almost impossible that he could have known about things like the common origin of the universe, because scientists have only found out within the last few years with very complicated and advance technological methods that this is the case."
He also stated -
"Somebody who did not know something about nuclear physics fourteen hundred years ago could not, I think, be in a position to find out from his own mind, for instance, that the earth and the heavens had the same origin."