Creation of the Earth; Comparative and Analytical Comprehension: Classical and Modern Theories.

Abstract

The study aims at highlighting different ancient and modern theories about the creation of the Earth.  The purpose of the study  is to bring  forth various views about the creation of the earth so that different suspicions about it may be removed. The methodology used for the study is descriptive and comparative as different views are described and compared.  Most of the scientific discoveries are based on sense and feelings and it uses the language of senses for its interpretation. On the other hand Islam and Quran use, along with these sources, the knowledge of 'wahi' (revelation), and stresses upon its own language for its events and discoveries, in which the occurrence of sense and matter are visible. But this language is more conspicuous with religious rather than scientific colour. The language of sense and feelings is adopted by man as a reaction to it. A standing example of this is the word ' dokhan' (smoke) in the holy Quran. This word is not used in the Quran only in religious context but also in scientific reality.  When 'dokhan'(smoke) is taken as the amalgamation of different particles rather than only smoke, it is really a scientific approach. The same is the case with the word 'khalq', as it is used to mean a strategy and plan that we devise before starting some work, not only in the meaning of creation.