Posted by Abu Iyaad
Tuesday, Feb 06 2024
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Allāh the Exalted said: “To Allāh belongs the creation and the command.” (7:54-). With respect to His command, that is what He legislates upon His servants, through His revelation, through His speech, and His speech is uncreated as it is from His attributes, and in this verse Allāh distinguished between His command (His speech) and His creation.

The Scholars of the Muslims have explained that this legislation falls into categories. That which is revealed (munazzal), that which is interpreted (muʿawwal) and that which is altered (mubaddal). So the first is what Allāh revealed, in meaning and application, as it is, as intended, it is the Qurʾan and the authentic Sunnah. The second refers to the opinions of the scholars and the third refers to lies and innovations attributed to the Sharīʿah.[1]

With respect to what Allāh created, then we can say that there is what Allāh created, as it is in His knowledge of its reality, purpose and wisdoms. Then there is man’s attempt to understand it, through the process of scientific inquiry, which can be theory-laden and subjective, so it is his interpretation of the reality that Allāh created, and he may be correct, or close, or remote from the truth therein. And then there are what amount to gross errors, lies and falsehoods which are claimed to represent creational reality, but which are the opposite of the truth, an alteration, distortion or falsification of creational reality.

Some of these lies and falsehoods can impact the affairs of creed and Tawḥīd, whether in belief or action, and are therefore dangerous and harmful.

Below is some guidance in this respect from the Shaykh and Imām, Muḥammad al-Amīn al-Shanqīṭī (رحمه الله). I thank the brother who brought this speech to my attention.[2]

The Shaykh (رحمه الله) stated:[3]

Notification:

New inventions have appeared and claims have been made by the propounders of new theories [regarding which] people are divided into two categories:

A category that hastens with rejection, and another that hastens with acceptance. However, both groups use the texts of the Qurʾān and the Sunnah as evidence.

Perhaps it is befitting for it to be said:

Modern theories are of two types:

Theories that contradict what is clear of the Qurʾān, these are rejected without dispute, such as the theory of the stationary sun [which contradicts] His saying, the Exalted: “And the Sun runs its course for a term appointed.” (36:38-).

And a theory that does not contradict with a Qurʾānic text, which [the Qurʾān] has not mentioned and for which we do not possess scientific means that support it or reject it.

Hence, it is befitting that we do not hasten with a definitive ruling, [whether] in acceptance or rejection, This [approach] is taken from the incident of the Hoopoe and [the people of] Sabaʾ (Sheba) with the Prophet of Allāh, Sulaymān, when [the Hoopoe] came to inform them, while he (عليه السلام) did not know anything about them. So he do not reject the report because it was from the Hoopoe and nor did he believe it because he had no prior knowledge about them, alongside [the fact] that the Hoopoe had described their situation with detail.

And the position he took (عليه السلام) was a position of verification, while he possessed various means of acquisition [of knowledge] and verification, such as the wind, birds and the Jinn. So he said to the Hoopoe: “We shall see whether you spoke the truth or you are among the liars.” (27:27-)

And we, in this era, do not have greater capabilities that the Prophet of Allāh, Sulaymān had back then. Likewise, those who report on these theories are not lesser [in number or stature] than the Hoopoe. Hence, at minimum, our position should be the position of the one who waits to see if the report is to be believed or its lie exposed.

The purpose behind this notification is so that we do not make the word(s) of the Qurʾān to bear [such meanings] that are not clearly contained therein, and [that we do not impose upon it] what it does not bear, and then the falsity of the theory, or its truthfulness becomes apparent, and [as a result] we make the Qurʾān to be comparable [in its veracity] to modern scientific theories.

The Qurʾān is above all of that: “Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it. It is a revelation from [One Who is] all-Wise, Worthy of all praise.” (41:42-)

From the speculative, conjectural, false theories are the following:

1. The Big Bang Model
From the false theories that clash with the Qurʾān is the Big Bang Model of Cosmology. As it is a “model” that has not been arrived at by the scientific method itself, it has a lower status than a “theory”, which in the realm of science, refers to a fairly well-established explanation or understanding of a phenomenon, that has been arrived at through the application of the scientific method.

The Big Bang Model is rejected by a substantial number of scientists and physicists, because there is no real evidence for it, and it is simply propped up with mathematical fakery and make-believe.

James Peebles, Albert Einstein Professor of Science, Emeritus and also Professor of Physics, Emeritus—the most cited proponent of the Big Bang model— states:[4]

It is sensible and prudent that people should continue to think about alternatives to the standard model [Big Bang], because the evidence is not all that abundant.

Because the conjecture of the Big Bang Model is useful for the people of speculative theology (ahl al-kalām)—as it provides them with a starting point for the creation of the universe and reconciles with their false premise of the “impossibility of an endless chain of events in the past”—they affirm and believe it, despite it being without evidence. Then they make speculative and blameworthy interpretation of the Qurʾān, claiming that the Qurʾān alludes to the Big Bang expansion. These are lies and this entails speaking about Allāh without knowledge.

Michio Kaku is a famous physicist and he has numerous statements indicating that the Big Bang Model is false and has been put to rest, because real world measurements are exponentially different to the alleged mathematics on paper. However, he replaces one fairy tale with others, such as the speculation that there is an endless cycle of expansion and contraction giving rises to many universes, which undergo attraction, or that we are living in a “supermassive black hole”. It makes you wonder where they pull these outlandish ideas from.

In any case, this model is pure conjecture, and no Muslim should be blindly following these misguided people in their speculations and then ascribing these falsehoods to the Book of Allāh.

Refer to “Big Bang Cosmology and the Qurʾān” [http://www.aqidah.com/creed/assets/docs/big-bang-cosmology-quran.pdf] for more details on this subject matter.

2. The Solar System Model
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