CAUTION! QURA'AN IS NOT JUST A BOOK .....READ TO LEARN THE
MIRACLES OF QURA'AN part5
THE RELATIVITY OF TIME Today, the relativity of time is a proven
scientific fact. This was revealed by Einstein's theory of
relativity at the early years of the 20th century. Until then,
people did not know that time was a relative concept, and that
it could change according to the environment. Yet, the great
scientist Albert Einstein openly proved this fact with the
theory of relativity. He showed that time is dependent on mass
and velocity. In the history of humanity, no one had expressed
this fact clearly before. With one exception though; the Qur'an
included information about time's being relative! Some verses
about the subject read: They ask you to hasten the punishment.
God will not break His promise. A day with your Lord is
equivalent to a thousand years in the way you count. (The
Qur'an, 22:47) He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth.
Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a
thousand years by the way you measure. (The Qur'an, 32:5) The
angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose length is
fifty thousand years. (The Qur'an, 70:4) In some verses, it is
indicated that people perceive time differently and that
sometimes people can perceive a very short period of time as a
very lengthy one. The following conversation of people held
during their judgement in the Hereafter is a good example of
this: He will say, 'How many years did you tarry on the earth?'
They will say, 'We tarried there for a day or part of a day. Ask
those able to count!' He will say, 'You only tarried there for a
little while if you did but know! (The Qur'an, 23:112-114) The
fact that the relativity of time is so clearly mentioned in the
Qur'an, which started to be revealed in 610, is another evidence
that it is a holy book.