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Relativity in the Quran
It is possible to see the scientifically-proven fact that time is a psychological perception dependent on events, setting, and conditions in many verses of the Quran. For instance, the entire life of a person is a very short time as informed by the Quran. Allaah Says (what means): “On the Day when He will call you, and you will answer (His Call) with (words of ) His Praise and Obedience, and you will think that you have stayed (in this world) but a little while!” [Quran 17:52].Allaah also Says (what means): “And on the Day when He shall gather them together, (it will seem to them) as if they had not tarried (on earth) longer than an hour of a day: they will recognize each other”. [Quran 10:45].In some verses, it is indicated that people perceive time differently and that sometimes people can perceive a very short period of time as a very lengthy one. The following conversation of people held during their judgment in the Hereafter, is a good example of the saying of Allaah (which means): “He will say: ‘What number of years did ye stay on earth?’ They will say: ‘We stayed a day or part of a day: but ask those who keep account.’ He will say: ‘Ye stayed not but a little, - if ye had only known!’” [Quran 23:112-114].In some other verses it is stated that time may flow at different paces in different settings, as in the saying of Allaah (which means): “Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! But Allaah will not fail in His Promise. Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning.” [Quran 15:47]And also in the saying of Allaah (which means): “The angels and the Spirit ascend unto him in a day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years.” [Quran 70:47].These verses are all manifest expression
of the relativity of time. The fact that this result only recently understood by
Science in the 20th century CE was communicated to man 1,400 years
ago by the Quran is an indication of the revelation of the Quran by Allaah, Who
encompasses the whole time and space. The narration in many other verses of the Quran reveals that time is a perception. This is particularly evident in the stories. For instance, Allaah has kept the Companions of the Cave, a believing group mentioned in the Quran, in a deep sleep for more than three centuries. When they were awoken, these people thought that they had stayed in that state but a little while, and could not figure out how long they slept; Allaah Says (what means): “Then We drew (a veil) over their ears, for a number of years, in the Cave, (so that they heard not). Then We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties would best calculate the time that they had tarried”. [Quran 18:11-12].In a later verse of this very chapter Allaah Says (what means): “Such (being their state), we raised them up (from sleep), that they might question each other. Said one of them: “How long have you stayed (here)?” They said: “We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or part of a day.” (At length) they (all) said: “Allaah (alone) knows best how long you have stayed here….” [Quran 18:19].The situation told in the below verse is also evidence that time is in truth a psychological perception. Allaah Says (what means): “Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins to its roofs. He said: “Oh! How shall Allaah bring it (ever) to life after (this) its death?” but Allaah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He said: “How long did you tarry (thus)?” He said: (Perhaps) a day or part of a day.” He said: “Nay, you have tarried thus a hundred years; but look at your food and your drink; they show no signs of age; and look at your donkey: And that We may make of you a sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh.” When this was shown clearly to him, he said: “I know that Allaah has power over all things.” [Quran 2:259].The above verse clearly emphasises that Allaah Who created time is unbound by it. Man, on the other hand, is bound by time that is ordained by Allaah. As in the verse, man is even incapable of knowing how long he stayed in his sleep. In such a state, to assert that time is absolute (just like the materialists do in their distorted mentality), would be very unreasonable. Source: www.islamweb.net [1/2/2009] |
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