The Quran contains many verses describing creation of the universe; Allah created heavens and earth in six periods , the earth was created in two periods , and in two other periods (into a total of four) AIlah furnished the creation of the earth with mountains, rivers and fruit-gardens . Heavens and earth formed from an integrated disk-shaped mass which had to be split , the seven heavens were created from smoke , forming layers, one above the other . The angels inhabit the seventh heavens. The lowest heaven is adorned with lights , the sun and the moon (which follow a regular path) , the stars and the constellations of the Zodiac. it is not universally accepted that the Quran accurately describes the natural world. Tanner Edis, author of An illusion of Harmony: Science and Religion in lslam, describes this point. He argues that Muslims are more likely to view the Quran as the direct word of God, and so it must be reconciled with their growing respect for science and technology. Edis suggests that Muslims, even more than Christians, thus often have a vested interest in finding passages whose interpretation can be stretched to describe modern understanding. He warns that reading into books like this can be misleading, since the method can be used to support any number of contradictory facts. The book highlights The Quran and Modern Knowledge is a highly successful attempt in this direction. Content: Pre-lslamic Culture of Arab; Aspects of Pre-lslamic Arabian Society; Quran and Science; Creation of Universe; The Creation and the Purpose; The Miracle of the immune System; The Quran Leads the Way to Science; The Quran and Modern Science.
