Eschew Big-Bang Singularity And Embrace God
Mohideen Ibramsha 1968 Alumni of Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, TN, India 1974 intellectual son of PhD guide Prof. V.Rajaraman & Mrs. Dharma Rajaramn, CS, EE, IIT, Kanpur, UP, India 1991 First HOD of CSE, CEC [now BSAU] Chennai, TN, India Associate Professor (Retd), Computer Science, Framingham, MA, USA Consultant R&D, M A M College of Engineering, Trichy, TN, India Advisor, HyDIGIT Pte Ltd, Singapore Email: ibramsha7@yahoo.com
Introduction: If we want to verify the presence of CO2 in air we could bubble air through lime water and see it precipitate calcium carbonate. Science is based on repeatable observations.
What about the beginning of the universe? We have to live with theories only. There is no way we could verify the theory that describes the beginning of the universe. We might infer some future observations based on a theory. Could we claim that one or more consequences of a theory proves the theory? Examples do not establish proof.
Big Bang Options: Did the universe start as a point? On July 27, 2018 Dr. Ethan Siegel, PhD in Astrophysics asserts that Big Bang did not start from a point at https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/07/27/there-was-no-big-bang-singularity/#270bfa3c7d81 The universe continues to expand. As the volume increases, the universe becomes less dense. What happens if we travel backwards in time? The universe would contract.
As the universe becomes smaller and smaller, what was the starting point of the universe: was it a point with zero volume or non-zero volume? If the universe started as a singularity with zero volume, the starting point becomes the beginning of time and space.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_universe which was last edited on July 27, 2018 we find that the age of the universe is 13.799 plus or minus 0.021 billions of years.
Mathematical impossibility of singularity: There is a finite volume of the universe. As we estimate the volume of the universe backwards in time, the volume decreases. The volume would approach zero but would never become equal to zero. Thus the Big Bang Singularity does not exist. Accordingly there is no starting point for time. The age of the universe could be said to be 13.799 plus or minus 0.021 billions of years but time itself has existed forever.
Sun and moon for units of time: The Holy Quran says:
Yusuf Ali 10:3
Verily your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not receive admonition?
Yusuf Ali 10:4
To Him will be your return- of all of you. The promise of Allah is true and sure. It is He Who beginneth the process of creation, and repeateth it, that He may reward with justice those who believe and work righteousness; but those who reject Him will have draughts of boiling fluids, and a penalty grievous, because they did reject Him.
Yusuf Ali 10:5
It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for her; that ye might know the number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did Allah create this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain His Signs in detail, for those who understand.
Yusuf Ali 10:6
Verily, in the alternation of the night and the day, and in all that Allah hath created, in the heavens and the earth, are signs for those who fear Him.
Yusuf Ali 10:7
Those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, but are pleased and satisfied with the life of the present, and those who heed not Our Signs,
Yusuf Ali 10:8
Their abode is the Fire, because of the (evil) they earned.
Yusuf Ali 10:9
Those who believe, and work righteousness,- their Lord will guide them because of their faith: beneath them will flow rivers in gardens of bliss.
Yusuf Ali 10:10
(This will be) their cry therein: "Glory to Thee, O Allah!" And "Peace" will be their greeting therein! and the close of their cry will be: "Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!"
To avoid any confusion, we clarify that the ‘day’ used in the above eight Verses of the Holy Quran is different from the day that the mankind uses that has twenty four hours. GOD [ALLAH] having created the universe in six days is guarding and preserving His creation on the seventh day. How long would be this seventh day? GOD alone Knows! We understand that the seventh day would end on the Day of Judgment when the current universe would [possibly be replaced with a new universe. In https://mohideenibramsha7.wixsite.com/website/single-post/2018/07/23/Space-mine---Yes-Space-colony---No we have indicated that based on the physiology of mankind, we might establish mines outside the earth to mine special materials not found in earth to produce new objects of use, but that we cannot set up colonies outside the earth. Some men desire to escape earth and live in space colonies. With our understanding of the seventh day being the time until the Day of Judgment, we state that the current universe along with the earth would be destroyed. Thus there is no space that would survive beyond the earth.
Evidences for God being time: In addition to the Holy Quran, the Muslims follow the authentic Traditions of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Any Tradition that violates any part of the Holy Quran is not authentic. Further any Tradition that violates any authentic Tradition is also not authentic. We list some Traditions that we believe are authentic now.
The words “Huraira saying not abuse time” appear in 1 hadith(s) in Sahih Muslim translation.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do not abuse time, for it is Allah Who is the time. (Book #027, Hadith #5584)
The words “none abuse time” appear in 1 hadith(s) in Sahih Muslim Translation.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:none of you should abuse time for it is Allah Who is the time, and none of you should call 'Inab (grape) as al-karm, for karm is a Muslim person. (Book #027, Hadith #5585)
The word “dahr” appear 4 time(s) in 2 hadith(s) in Sahih Muslim translation.
Abu Huraira reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam abuses dahr (the time), whereas I am dahr since in My hand are the day and the night. (Book#027, Hadith #5580)
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam displeases Me by abusingdahr (time), whereas I am dahr--I alternate the night and the day. (Book #027, Hadith #5581)
The words “abuse dahr” appear in 1 hadith(s) in Sahih Al-Bukhari translation.
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah said, "The offspring of Adam abuse the dahr (Time), and I am the dahr; in My Hands are the night and the day." ! (Book #73, Hadith #200)
Conclusion: Time has existed for an infinite period before the creation of the universe. The seventh day for God is the time from the Big Bang to the Day of Judgment. Time would continue to exist for an infinite period after the Day of Judgment also. After the Day of Judgment those men and women who believed in God [all believers including Muslims and of other religions] would be in Heaven and all men and women who succumbed to the temptation of the Iblis would be in Hell.