Before I leave you for your own research, let’s share some facts about our solar system and the universe. If the Sun were smaller or bigger than it is today, we wouldn’t have the solar system that is inhabitable for life on earth. If the Earth were smaller or larger than it is today, then we wouldn’t have life on Earth as we see it now. We wouldn’t have life on Earth if the Earth were closer to or further away from the Sun, or if the size of the orbit or the placement of Earth compared to Jupiter and Saturn were different, or even if the speed of other galaxies or stars were different. There are 5 constants in the universe that have to be just the exact values that they have now, and if they were different, then we wouldn’t have a universe that's livable for us. What are those?
1. Gravitational constant (G)
2. Planck constant (h)
3. Speed of light in a vacuum (c)
4. Fine-structure constant (α)
5. Cosmological constant (Λ)
Those five constants are often referred to as needing precise values for Earth to be habitable:
So essentially, we are in the universe, solar system, and on a planet that’s created just right for us. Not with more or not with less than what we need. Doesn’t it give you goosebumps?
Now when I go back to the Quran again, as Allah said many times in it that the Quran is the Truth, then I take it as - the Quran has the truth that’s just right for us - no more or no less. It’s the source of our guidance that’s stated in the beginning of the Quran:
Al-Baqarah 2:2
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ لَا رَيۡبَۛ فِيهِۛ هُدًى لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ
“This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah -“
The signs are everywhere if we just care to see.
Isn’t it giving you now a much broader meaning than we are typically used to?
Let’s now read some of the ayat so that you can indulge in the beauty and magnificence of the Quran, the Truth."
Al-Baqarah 2:176
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ نَزَّلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فِى ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَفِى شِقَاقٍۢ بَعِيدٍ
“That is [deserved by them] because Allah has sent down the Book in truth. And indeed, those who differ over the Book are in extreme dissension.”
Al-An'am 6:73
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ وَيَوۡمَ يَقُولُ كُن فَيَكُونُۚ قَوۡلُهُ ٱلۡحَقُّۚ وَلَهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِۚ عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ
“And it is He who created the heavens and earth in truth. And the day He says, "Be," and it is, His word is the truth. And His is the dominion [on] the Day the Horn is blown. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed; and He is the Wise, the Acquainted.”
Al-An'am 6:141
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَ جَنَّٰتٍ مَّعۡرُوشَٰتٍ وَغَيۡرَ مَعۡرُوشَٰتٍ وَٱلنَّخۡلَ وَٱلزَّرۡعَ مُخۡتَلِفًا أُكُلُهُۥ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَٰبِهًا وَغَيۡرَ مُتَشَٰبِهٍۚ كُلُواْ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثۡمَرَ وَءَاتُواْ حَقَّهُۥ يَوۡمَ حَصَادِهِۦۖ وَلَا تُسۡرِفُوٓا۟ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
“And He it is who causes gardens to grow, [both] trellised and untrellised, and palm trees and crops of different [kinds of] food and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of [each of] its fruit when it yields and give its due [zakah] on the day of its harvest. And be not excessive. Indeed, He does not like those who commit excess.”
Al-A'raf 7:8
وَٱلۡوَزۡنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡحَقُّۚ فَمَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ
“And the weighing [of deeds] that Day will be the truth. So those whose scales are heavy - it is they who will be the successful.”
Yunus 10:5
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ ضِيَآءً وَٱلۡقَمَرَ نُورًا وَقَدَّرَهُۥ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعۡلَمُواْ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٍ يَعۡلَمُونَ
“It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allah has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know.”
Al-Hijr 15:85
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَأٓتِيَةٌۖ فَٱصۡفَحِ ٱلصَّفۡحَ ٱلۡجَمِيلَ
“And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness.”
An-Nahl 16:102
قُلۡ نَزَّلَهُۥ رُوحُ ٱلۡقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَهُدًى وَبُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ
“Say, [O Muhammad], "The Pure Spirit has brought it down from your Lord in truth to make firm those who believe and as guidance and good tidings to the Muslims."”
Az-Zumar 39:5
خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ يُكَوِّرُ ٱلَّيۡلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ ٱلنَّهَارَ عَلَى ٱلَّيۡلِۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلٌّ يَجۡرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّىۗ أَلَا هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفَّٰرُ
“He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.”
Ash-Shura 42:17
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَۗ وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٌ
“It is Allah who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.”
Finally, the Surah Al-Haqqah covers the ultimate “truth” of this life and that hereafter. The entire surah covers it with examples including what happens when we follow the truth or when someone denies that truth.
Al-Haqqah 69:2
مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
“What is the Inevitable Reality?”
Al-Haqqah 69:51
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
“And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.”
