Astro Blog
Why I write …
Our Universe is amazing…
On a lazy summer night, I curl up on my soft daybed outside on my deck and peer deep into the night sky. The sky opens up like a huge canvas, welcoming my curious gaze and revealing its wonders and secrets, inviting me to ponder and reflect.
What is our place in the vastness of this universe? We are small beings on a tiny planet revolving around an insignificant, average-sized star in a galaxy of 400 billion stars and there are about a trillion galaxies out there in the observable universe. Our bodies are made of stuff that was cooked in the bellies of stars billions of years ago. Yes, we are stardust. But we are the only particles of stardust that can think, that can empathize, that can shed tears and cry with joy. That makes us so very unique that Allah called us the “best of the creations”. And entrusted us to be His Khalifah on Earth.
And that is why I write ….
Astro Blog
Connections between the Scripture and Science
Black holes are the most amazing creation of Allah (swt). So much so that Quran mentions them as one of His biggest signs and takes oath on them. This articles describes how black holes are born out of the ashes of dying stars and their connections and mention in Quran.
While most of the world discovered General Relativity with Einstein, Quran revealed many of its core concepts some 1400 years ago. This article discusses Gravitational Time Dilation, a core concept of General Relativity, as explained in Quran.
Have you ever looked up and gazed at the night sky – wondering about the vastness of it all? Have you ever thought about the seven skies, layered one over the other, the Kursi and the Arsh, and how the realm of the Divine is out there, waiting for us to reflect, to be mesmerized, to be awed and eventually to be humbled by His glory and majesty?
Is our universe inside a black hole?
Coming soon.