The verse: When the sky is split open and becomes like red molten copper
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Fatwa number ( 21712 )
Q: I have attached a picture of a star that exploded in space, three thousand light-years away from us. The image of this explosion from the star looks like a red rose. Written under this picture is the verse:[Ar-Rahman 55:37-38] and its meaning is translated into English. There is also another comment on this verse in English (look how we are now in the year 2000 CE), and the Qur'an informed us of this 1400 years ago in the Hijri calendar. The picture was taken from ( NASA, the space and observatory agency ) and (via the Nebula camera), which is the exploding star from three thousand light-years ago. It is better that they call it (the red oily rose, as Allah the Exalted said in the Qur'an in Surat al-Rahman). End of the translation of their words in English.
My question is: What is the interpretation of the verse, and what is its intended meaning? Because this picture was presented in a lecture in English by one of the preachers, who displays this picture and explains it to Muslims and non-Muslims, and speaks about the miracle of the Qur'an in that. This lecture was in the expatriate communities of Al-Khobar in the Eastern Province? May Allah reward you with good.
A: What is mentioned in this paper is speaking about Allah without knowledge, and interpreting the Noble Qur'an other than its intended meaning; because what is meant by the mentioned verse is what will occur at the Hour of Resurrection, namely the splitting of the sky, and it is not meant to be the changes that occur now in the stars and the throwing of meteors. And Allah knows best. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: I have attached a picture of a star that exploded in space, three thousand light-years away from us. The image of this explosion from the star looks like a red rose. Written under this picture is the verse:
(37) And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil - (38) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
فَإِذَا انْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ (37) فَبِأَيِّ آلاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِMy question is: What is the interpretation of the verse, and what is its intended meaning? Because this picture was presented in a lecture in English by one of the preachers, who displays this picture and explains it to Muslims and non-Muslims, and speaks about the miracle of the Qur'an in that. This lecture was in the expatriate communities of Al-Khobar in the Eastern Province? May Allah reward you with good.
A: What is mentioned in this paper is speaking about Allah without knowledge, and interpreting the Noble Qur'an other than its intended meaning; because what is meant by the mentioned verse is what will occur at the Hour of Resurrection, namely the splitting of the sky, and it is not meant to be the changes that occur now in the stars and the throwing of meteors. And Allah knows best. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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