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The Koran uses the word Thaqib in Arabic, a word that literally signifies a puncture or a minute hole. It was Martin Rees, states in ‘Our Cosmic Habitat’ (2001)
"Space is already being punctured by the formation of black holes..." (Rees, page 120)
Michael Moyer of Popular Science writes :
A black hole is infinitely dense, which means that it pulls the fabric of space-time to the breaking point—creating a deep pockmark, complete with a tiny rip at the bottom.
SOLAR SYSTEM
The Sun and the Moon
He created the skies and the earth for truth.
He coils the night upon the day and He coils the day upon the night ( 39:5)
At a time when a geocentric cosmology was in vogue, the Koran not only corrected the erroneous notions associated with that world-view, but made clear that night and day were caused by a coiling motion. The Koran uses the Arabic verb Kawarra that in its original usage signifies the "coiling" of a turban around the head, a perfect analogy to the movement that causes night and day, i.e. the earth's rotation.
He it is who has created the night and day, and the sun and the moon.
They all, in their orbit, swim (39:5)
To make this notion of a rotating earth causing night and day even clearer, the Koran mentions that the night "merges" into the day and day "merges" into night:
Thou causest the night to merge into the day, and thou causest the day to merge into the night (3:27)
and that the night and day "interchange" into each other
It is God Who alternates the Night and the Day: verily in these things is an instructive example for those who have vision! (24:44)
The above statements explain that this change is brought about by orbital motion similar to (in principle) but distinct from the orbital motion of the sun and the moon which seem to swim in their orbits.
And the sun constantly journeys towards a homing place for it
And for the moon We have determined phases...
It is not for the sun to overtake the moon;
neither can the night outstrip the day.
And they all swim (yasbahoon) in their own orbits (36:38-40)
The difference between Sun and Moon is given in the various verses of the Holy Qur'an:
Blessed is the One Who placed the constellations in heaven and placed therein a lamp and a moon giving light (25:61)
Did you see how God created seven heavens one above another and made the moon a light therein and made the sun a lamp? (71:15-16)
We have built above you seven strong (heavens) and placed a blazing lamp
(78:12-13)
A lamp or a blazing lamp is quite obviously the sun and the moon is defined as a body that gives light (munir) from the same root as nur (the light applied to the Moon). The Sun however is compared to a torch (siraj) or a blazing (wahhaj) lamp. The Moon, which does not give off light itself but merely reflects the light, received from the Sun. The Sun is a star that generates intense heat and light by its internal combustions. Heat and light together maintain and sustain life in the vegetation and the animals. Light alone is unproductive. So is the case of heat. Obviously this highlights a scientific principle, which was revealed to the unlettered Prophet when the world was groping in the dark.
The great universe of modern astronomy is first and foremost a Universe of light rather than of Matter or physical substance. There is nowadays reason to believe that what we call matter may be only a sort of congealed or bottled-up light. Here it is worth mentioning that in the Quran, God has been distinguished as ‘the light of heavens and the earth’. A great scientist, Sir James Jeans once said that “the whole story of Creation can be told with perfect accuracy and completeness in the six words: ‘God said, Let there be light’.” John Robinson observes, “The light, this sunshine, is the most rare and wonderful thing. We always knew that we could not see without it, but now we know, and are given proof positive, that were cannot live without it.” The solar engine room, the deep interior of the sun, is the most fearsome, raging inferno yet opened up to the human minds – a realm of everlasting, intolerable blazing light and fiercest, eeriest, all consuming celestial fire. Yet as Dr. C. G. Abbot in his standard work, ‘The Sun’, reminds us, “In the sharpest contrast to this frightened picture, we recall that from this awful cauldron, this same astounding fountain, flows the stream of light and life-giving rays, without which the song bird and the rose, the springing grain and the lovely child would alike perish.” Now look at this verse that is verified by these words attested by scientific research: “And in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye are promised” (51:22).
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