Light Speed in Quran by Raef Fanous

A particular verse of the Qur'an says that one day in the sight of Allah is equal to 1000 years. In another verse of the Qur'an it says that one day is equal to 50,000 years. Isn't the Qur'an contradicting itself?

Answer:
1. Time of Allah is incomparable to earthly time

The Qur'an says in two verses, (22:47 and 32:5), that the measure of one day in the sight of Allah is equal to 1,000 years of our reckoning. In another verse (70:4) it says that the measure of one day in the sight of Allah is equal to 50,000 years of our reckoning.

These verses generally mean that the time of Allah (swt) is incomparable to the earthly time. The examples given are of one thousand years and fifty thousand years of the earthly time. In other words thousands of years or a very, very long time of the earth a day in the sight of Allah is equal to:
2. Yaum also means Period

The Arabic word used in all these three verses is yaum, which, besides meaning a day also means a long period, or an epoch. If you translate the word yaum correctly as 'period' there will be no confusion.
a) The verse from Surah Hajj reads as:

"Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! but Allah will not fail in His promise. Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning".

[Al-Qur'an 22:47]

When the unbelievers asked to hasten the punishment the Qur'an says Allah will not fail in His promise. Verily a period in the sight of Allah is like a thousand years of your reckoning.
b) The verse from Surah Al-Sajdah says:

"He rules (all) affairs from the heavens to the earth: in the end will (all affairs) go up? To Him, on a Day, the space whereof will be (as) a thousand years of your reckoning".

[Al-Qur'an 32:5]

This verse indicates that a period required for all the affairs to go up to Allah (swt), is a thousand years of our reckoning.
c) A verse from Surah Al-Maarij says:

"The angels and the spirit ascend unto Him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years".
[Al-Qur'an 70:4]

This verse means that the period required for angels and the spirits to ascend unto Allah (swt) is fifty thousand years.
d) The period for two different acts need not be the same. For example the period required for me to travel to destination 'A' say Vashi is one hour and the period required for me to travel to destination 'B' i.e. Kashmir is 50 hours. This does not indicate that I am making two contradictory statements.

Thus the verses of the Qur'an not only do not contradict each other, they are also in perfect harmony with established modern scientific facts.

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[DarksoldierX2]

People would embrace your culture and accept your god more if there wasn't so much hate surrounding it from your people.

[bicyclist7610]

Islam is a religion of morals as the prophet was sent to complete good morals,he is like the final brick in the building of prophethood as he said,moreover the man with high moras reaches the degree of the fasting & the night praying & is the nearest 2 the prophet onjudgement day,Allah hates the foulmouths who call names & say indecent words AS IN HADITH.

[bicyclist7610]

Pour mercy on those on land so that this in the sky pours mercy on u , dont imprison animals to death , this who harms his neighbour isnot a believer, the man with good manners reaches the degree of the fasting & the night praying and Allah hates foul mouths & those saying indecent words , the believer isnot foul mouth and doesnot curse much . Women are men brothers & only the generous honors them but the mean who insults them , treat women (Qwarir) gently) AS PROPHET (PUH) SAID.

[bicyclist7610]

@DarksoldierX2 The martyr is the one who dies defending his homeland, his women,his faith , his possessions & his soul.The suicider will be tortured on judgment Day by the means he killed himself with as in Hadiths , some muslims mix between bombing themeselves & jihad which is not attacking the innocent but defending without hurting innocent people

[blues260]

your allah is a piece of crap

[bicyclist7610]

ALLAH CREATED U & GAVE YOU LOTS OF BLESSINGS & CONTROL OVER UNIVERSE SO THAT U THANK HIM &Worship him as the grave is a heaven garden or a hell hole as in Hadiths

[ItsAmadWorld2]

According to the Qur'an, it takes 50,000 years for angels to reach Allah from the earth. That means that Jibril has almost 48,000 more years of angel flight since he was on earth squeezing Muhammad in a cave for not being able to read.

[silveren777]

@karim300080

The other way round, otherwise that'd be known.

when science discovers something, some scientists try to reinterpret the Quran in light of the discovery and wonder how the Quran foreknowed that.

That's the magic of postdiction...

[samvid74]

I want to understand why you took the distance as the distance that the moon travel in 1000 years? I dont see that the aya talk about the moon.

there is another aya that say in a day that is 50 000 years in what you count.

[StopSpamming1]

@lowridin97

No.

[lowridin97]

@StopSpamming1 r u muslim?

[karim300080]

most of the scientist discover most of the secrets of science from qur an .