81:10-15

81:10-15

81:10

When the scrolls are laid open;

The scrolls recording the deeds of individuals, both good and bad, will then be opened for all to see (see Qur’an 50:17-18, note 4954; also 82:11-12). In the current world, actions may remain concealed, but in the realm of absolute Reality, every secret will be revealed, whether good or bad. The full account of acts, omissions, motives, spiritual harm, neglect, or assistance will be laid bare for all to witness (Ali)..

81:11

When the world on High is unveiled;

81:12

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

81:13

And when the Garden is brought near;-

81:14

(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.

Quran 81:15:

So I swear by the retreating stars

The following excerpt is taken from “The Holy Quran in Today’s English” under the commentary of the

above verse note # 2533:

Scholars differ in their interpretation of the Arabic word khunnas (translated as “withdrawers”) in this context, with some arguing that it refers to stars, while others assert that it refers to planets. I have chosen a middle ground in my translation. Both planets and stars in the night sky exhibit various observable movements, depending on the time of year, the Earth’s position, the speed of the individual planet or star relative to the Earth’s orbit around the Sun, and other factors. At times, they appear to move east to west across the sky; at other times, they may decline in their orbit or be obscured by other celestial bodies. These seemingly erratic motions are explained by Kepler’s Second Law of Planetary Motion.

The Galaxies

Qur’an 21:104: “On that day when We shall roll up the heavens as a scroll for writings; As We originated the first creation, so We shall bring it back again—a promise binding on Us; So We shall do it.”

This verse describes the universe as a written scroll from God. The metaphor of the scroll appears to figuratively explain the collapsing universe as described by modern science. When an open scroll is released, it begins to recoil slowly and, as it nears its end, the process accelerates. After the Big Bang, the galaxies began to recede. The Quranic verse suggests that “the galaxies that are now receding from one another will start to approach each other, gathering speed over time.” Over fifteen centuries ago, the Quran predicted that the receding galaxies would reverse their motion on the Last Day. Fourteen centuries ago, the Quran, in the chapter Coiling Up, also foretold the reversal of the receding galaxies before the universe’s end:

Qur’an 81:15-16: “So verily, I call to witness the stars that recede” (Islamic Theory of Evolution, p. 55).

The planets in our solar system orbit the Sun, with one complete orbit of the Earth taking one year. Meanwhile, our entire solar system—including the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets—also orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

A supercluster is a large collection of smaller galaxy clusters or groups and represents some of the largest known structures in the universe. The Milky Way is part of the Local Group galaxy cluster (which contains more than 54 galaxies), and this group is part of the Virgo Supercluster, which is in turn part of the Laniakea Supercluster. The large size and low density of superclusters result in their expansion with the Hubble expansion, unlike galaxy clusters. It is estimated that there are approximately 10 million superclusters in the observable universe.