Question from Muslims who believe

[muqawwee123]

Re: Question from Muslims who believe

@mAd_ScIeNtIsT

The sense of time in the Quran is metaphorical, rather than exact. For example, 70:4 states when talking about the Day of Judgement

Given that a Day is not literally a Day, but is explained as 50,000 years. I do not believe that you can take 50,000 years to literally mean 50,000 years - it is instead an indication of a very, very, very long time. It illustrates that a Day to Allah SWT is like aeons to us.

Given this. it becomes easy for me to reconcile the Big Bang Theory with the Quran. The Big Bang Theory states that the universe started billions upon billions of years ago - this would reconcile with such a period being like just 6 Days to Allah, really meaning that time has no significance to Allah SWT as he is eternal.

As for how the 6 days of creation reconciling with how he just says “Be” and things exist - this is simple. He could either say “Be” slowly over billions of our years, or after saying “Be” He could make the process of existence take billions of years. Either works, and matches with the Quran.

This also clarifies a connected matter and i.e. its been said that the day of judgement is very near. Even in a verse of Quran, where Allah addresses Hazrat Moosa (AS), it is said that ‘the day of judgement is reaching / very near’. If we interpret time as we normally do, this very near also lost its meaning, but if we consider alternate meaning as mentioned by you, kchugtai and Sa1eem then it clarifies the concept.