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Pulsars and Black Holes: Quranic Insights in Modern Astronomy



Written By: Areesha & Fatima
Class: VI – Fatima
House: Iqbal




Evidently, the Holy Quran and science are not different from each other. In fact, the scientific discoveries in the Quran are described as Surahs. However, some of the Surahs were not easy t believe till science became advanced enough to proves the existence of such phenomena. Eventually, Islam told all the scientific miracles before 14 hundred years ago. But now science is discovering miracles which has told in Quran. The age of the Earth does not tie in the Quran, the scientifically accepted age of 4.5 billion years.



Allah (S.W.A) has given humans the ability and permission to explore and travel to outer space. There are so many scientific miracles that have been done like, Genetics, Black holes and Pulsar, Modern Geology, Bigbang Theory, Thermodyneurics and some more. Surah Al-Tariq, which is the 86th chapter of the Quran, discusses celestierl phenomena and cosmic events. The verses are often understood metaphorically and are open to various interpretations. The Surah begins with a declaration about the heavens and a star that pierces throught the darkness of the night:

1: By the sky and the night comer.
2: And what can make you know what is the night comer?
3: It is the piercing star!



PULSAR:- The first pulsar was observed on 28th November 1967, with the help of telescopes. Pulsars are rotating neutron stars observed to have pulses of radiation at very regular intervals that typically range from mill seconds to seconds. Pulsars can only become black holes if gain more mass. Pulsars are extremely rare with half a dozen listed by the NASA Exoplanet Archeive. The every youngest are found within supernova remnants are ‘born’ during the explosion of a massive star. After only 10 to 100 million years, pulsars are thought to slow down to the point where the magnetic mechanism responsible for their jets shut down. Pulsars burst move ‘faster than light’. Black holes and pulsar rather, it is a great amount of matter packed into a very small area. They are not a direct danger to us on the earth.

Being a Muslim, we should believe in the Quran.

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