A Comparative Study of the Original Models of Creation from the Qur’anic and Cosmological Perspective

The first matter and original point of the creation process of the material world is one the cosmological subjects that has received special attention by the Qur’an. Similarly, cosmologists have presented hypotheses and models in this respect, some of which have been provided with more evidences. The Big Bang theory, which is referred to as the standard model, claims that the material world has been created by an explosive opening of matter-space-time since an early starting point. A very dense particle, which was in the form of an extensive fireball of extremely dense and fervent gases, sprang into existence about 13.7 billion years ago and its expansion is still continuing. Using the two words, ratq (interwoven; one piece) and fatq (unraveled; ripped apart), the Holy Qur’an refers to a stage of creation when the heavens and the earth were joined together and God has opened them. The coordination between the astronomical findings and the Qur’anic verses on this subject can be an interpretation of this Qur’anic topic; and some have asserted these verses as being astronomically miraculous.