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→Between the Universe and the Earth: Added another hadith here comparing distances between the Earth and Sky which goes against substituting samaa2 with 'Universe'. This hadith (or a variant) is not contained on the linked Creation page either.
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(→Between the Universe and the Earth: Added another hadith here comparing distances between the Earth and Sky which goes against substituting samaa2 with 'Universe'. This hadith (or a variant) is not contained on the linked Creation page either.) |
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God is said to have dominion/sovereignty of the heavens and Earth and all that is ''between them (baynahum بينهم).'' | God is said to have dominion/sovereignty of the heavens and Earth and all that is ''between them (baynahum بينهم).'' | ||
There is nothing between the Earth and the rest of the universe, so substituting the 'heavens' with the modern definition of the universe does not make sense here. Yet once again matches the ancient view of the heavens as 'firmaments' in the sky with space between them. This idea is also backed up in many hadith ''(see: [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Creation]]),'' such as {{Bukhari|9|93|608}}, describing Muhammad's alleged night journey through the heavens. | There is nothing between the Earth and the rest of the universe, so substituting the 'heavens' with the modern definition of the universe does not make sense here. Yet once again matches the ancient view of the heavens as 'firmaments' in the sky with space between them. | ||
This idea is also backed up in many hadith ''(see: [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Creation]]),'' such as {{Bukhari|9|93|608}}, describing Muhammad's alleged night journey through the heavens, and {{Bukhari|9|93|519}} comparing distances of degree between those in paradise to the distance between the sky (samā, i.e. Universe as apologists claim) and the Earth to show how large they are. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|5|18}}|Say the Jews and the Christians: "We are sons of God and beloved of Him." Say: "Why does He punish you then for your sins? No: You are only mortals, of His creation." He can punish whom He pleases and pardon whom He wills, <b>for God's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them,</b> and everything will go back to Him.}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|5|18}}|Say the Jews and the Christians: "We are sons of God and beloved of Him." Say: "Why does He punish you then for your sins? No: You are only mortals, of His creation." He can punish whom He pleases and pardon whom He wills, <b>for God's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them,</b> and everything will go back to Him.}} | ||