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{{Quote|{{Quran|37|6}}| Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment, the stars}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|37|6}}| Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment, the stars}} | ||
===Earth Created in Six Days=== | ===Earth and Heavens Created in Six Days=== | ||
{{Main|Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Creation}} | {{Main|Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Creation}} | ||
The | The Earth first formed around 9 billion years after the Big Bang. The Qur'an, however, repeats the prevailing Middle-Eastern myth that the Earth and universe were formed in six days. | ||
Islamic websites try and rescue the Qur'an by pointing to an alternative meaning of the Arabic word 'yawm', which typically means 'day', but can sometimes mean 'time period'. However, the predominant meaning of the word is day and when a specific number is used, in this case six, the word almost always means a literal 24-hour day. Again, nothing in the context of the verses, nor the Qur'an in general, suggests the universe or Earth were formed over long time periods. Secondly, neither the universe nor Earth were formed in six distinct long periods of time. It would have been trivial for an all-knowing diety to have indicated the vast duration in which the universe has developed, which has taken place over the past [[w:Age of the universe|13.8 billion years]]. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|50|38}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|50|38}}| | ||
We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us}} | We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us}} | ||
The Earth specifically was created in two days according to the Qur'an, and in four days (on days three and four according to the tafsirs) were created mountains and the sustinence of the Earth. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran-range|41|9|10}}|Say: Is it that ye deny Him Who created the earth in two Days? And do ye join equals with Him? He is the Lord of (all) the Worlds. He set on the (earth), mountains standing firm, high above it, and bestowed blessings on the earth, and measure therein all things to give them nourishment in due proportion, in four Days, in accordance with (the needs of) those who seek (Sustenance).}} | |||
Mountains in fact continue to rise and fall to this day. Similarly, living things and their sustinence continue to evolve, yet the Qur'an says that the creation of mountains and sustinence occured in a specific period that ended two days before the creation of the universe was completed. See the next section regarding the final two of the six days in 41:11-12 which immediately follow the verses shown above. | |||
===Earth Created before Stars=== | ===Earth Created before Stars=== | ||