A Deep Thinking

Scientists today are able to observe the formation of stars from a
hot gas cloud. Formation from a warm mass of gas also applies to the creation of
the universe. The creation of the universe as described in the Qur'an confirms
this scientific discovery in the following verse:

He placed firmly embedded mountains on it, towering
over it, and blessed it and measured out its nourishment in it, laid out for
those who seek it-all in four days. Then He turned to heaven when it was smoke
and said to it and to the earth, "Come willingly or unwillingly." They both
said, "We come willingly." (Qur'an, 41:10-11)

The Arabic word for "smoke" in the above verse is
"dukhanun," which describes the hot, cosmic smoke in question. This
word in the Qur'an, in pinpoint fashion, describes this smoke very accurately
for it is a warm body of gas containing mobile particles connected to solid
substances. Here, the Qur'an has employed the most appropriate word from the
Arabic language for describing the appearance of this phase of the universe. Let
us note that only in the 20^th century have scientists discovered that
the universe emerged from a hot gas in the form of smoke. 5

The fact that such information about the creation of the universe
is given in the Qur'an is nothing short of a miracle of the Qur'an.