Ahmadiyya Gazette Canada

A H M A D I Y Y A G A Z E T T E C A N A D A
Dark Energy & the Holy Qur’an
Ansar Raza, Professor Jamia Ahmadiyya Canada
We have firm belief that the Holy
Qur’n is the word of God and
science is the act of God and that the
two cannot contradict each other.
On the basis of the scientific
concepts held so far about light
energy and darkness believers used
to amaze and the opponents
criticize the following verse of the
Holy Qur’an where darkness is not
mentioned as mere absence of light
but as another type of non-luminous
energy created and put beside light,
the luminous energy:
All praise belongs to Allah Who
created the heavens and the earth
and brought into being darkness
and light; yet those who disbelieve
set up equals to their Lord. [6:2]
Another verse of the Holy Qur’n
draws our attention regarding light
and darkness:
So He completed them in the form of
seven heavens in two days and He
revealed to each heaven its
functions. And We adorned the
lowest heaven with lamps for light
and provided it with the means of
protection. That is the decree of the
Mighty, the All-Knowing. (41:13)
According to this verse, only the
lowest Heaven has luminous
energy, i.e., light. This means that
some kind of non-luminous energy,
i.e., darkness, exists in the six
Heavens superimposed above the
lowest one.
The concept of ‘darkness’ in our
minds, so far, was mere absence of
light. Darkness is not considered as
an entity itself. We know that light is
an observable energy in the
universe which can be created and
diminished. On the contrary, it was
widely accepted that darkness
cannot be created. Until recent past
even scientists held the same
concept about darkness and they
were unaware of any other form of
energy.
Another view held about darkness
is that absolute darkness cannot be
attained. Scientifically it is only
possible to have a reduced amount
of light. Darkness, in science, is a
relatively low level of light. A dark
object reflects fewer visible photons
than other objects, and, therefore,
appears dim in comparison. For
example black paint does not reflect
visible light and appears dark, but
white paint reflects all visible light
and appears bright.
Scientists recently confirmed the
existence of "Dark Energy", a
mysterious repulsive force that acts
in opposite to gravity. As the
distance increases the attractive
gravitational force decreases but this
mysterious repulsive force
increases. This repulsive force is
pushing galaxies apart; the greater
the distance the greater the
repulsion. Scientists today do not
know what this "Dark Energy" is,
but they know that it exists
independently and that it is causing
the entire universe to expand at an
increasing rate.
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