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创作故事位于旧约的第一本书，即。 在创世纪早期章节。 旧约记叙文是几乎象故事书; 因此它开始以创作故事作为人类的故事的起点。 Qur’给一个不同的介绍它的想法和消息关于创作故事。 创作故事在Qur之内位于各种各样的地方’，例如在Sura’ AlBaqarah， Sura’和Sajdah， Sura’ Yassin等等。

旧约关系关于创造地球的上帝的故事，并且人在六天(创世纪， 1)和那上帝采取了一基于第七天(创世纪， 1-3)。 Qur’也提及创作在“六天之内”发生¹ 但从未说上帝必须采取一基于第七天。 (AlSajdah ： 4，丙氨酸’皇家空军： 54).

旧约在什么具体地关连上帝每天创造了创作。 在第一天，上帝创造了天堂和地球以明与暗，被提及作为天和夜。 在上帝创造了太阳和月亮以前，这发生了! 在第二天上帝创造了天空和海洋。 在第三天上帝给了地球生活。 然后，在以下天上帝创造了太阳和月亮，跟随由鱼和鸟和野生动物、爬行动物和牛。 最后上帝创造了人(创世纪， 1)。 创作的这个序列一定有几个科学问题以它; 怒视是植物的创作的帐户在太阳的创作之前，是相反的与什么我们今天知道科学。

与圣经对比， Qur’没有任何矛盾以建立的科学和共同的人的感觉。 What appears to be a fundamental importance in the matter is that the Holy Qur’an does not mention specifically the sequence of Creation or the manner in how God created the world. In Sura’ Yassin, verse 33, we are told that God gave life to the earth that is dead, without mentioning on which day it had happened.

“A sign for them is the earth that is dead: We do give it life, and produce grain therefrom, of which ye do eat.” 36: 33

There is also absolutely fundamental data concerning the existence of an initial gaseous mass (dukhan) which is unique and whose elements, although at first fused together (ratq) subsequently became separated (fatq). This is expressed in Sura’ Fussilat:

“Then turned He to the heavens when it was smoke.” 41: 11

And the same is expressed in Sura’ al-Anbiya’:

“Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together [as one unit of creation] before We clove them asunder?” 21: 30

All this is in perfect agreement with modern ideas on the existence of primary nebula and the process of secondary separation of elements that has formed the initial unique mass; this separation (known as the Big Bang) resulted in the formation of galaxies and then, when these divided, of stars from which the planets were to be born. All these information are distinguishable from the Biblical text with its successive phases that are totally unacceptable.²

Regarding the creation of Adam(P), the Old Testament informs us that God invited the angels to join Him in creating man. In fact God was quoted to have said:

“Let us make a man, someone like ourselves…” (Genesis, 1:26)

However, in the Qur’an God Almighty informed the angels that He would create man without asking for the angels’ approval to join him. And further, there is a conversation between God and His angels where the angels questioned why would God want to create man and He answered:

“I know what you do not know.” (Al-Baqarah: 30)

Furthermore, the Old Testament says that God made Adam(P) in His image or “like his Maker” (Genesis, 1:27). The Qur’an is in agreement with the Jewish and Christian views in this aspect (Qur’an, 15:29), but also stresses that Adam(P) was made from clay (Ar-Rahman: 14, Al-Hijr: 28). Only later in the Old Testament do we see that this is mentioned,

“God formed a man’s body from the dust of the ground.” (Genesis, 2:7)

The Qur’an and the Old Testament are similar in the case of God appointing Adam(P) as His representative on the earth. But the Qur’an has made clearer this statement than the Old Testament, moreso when God said to His angels that He wants to create a vicegerent (khalifah) on the earth (Al-Baqarah: 30, Genesis, 1:26). This status did not change even when Adam(P) committed a misdeed, repented and was forgiven for it. (Qur’an, 2:37). Man is not “fallen” from the Qur’anic perspective and hence there is no need to “save” or ransom him. In the Christian view however, Adam’s(P) misdeed is the basis for the doctrine of Original Sin, the beginning of mankind’s fall into a state of sin, a flowing from faith in a salvic drama that happened in the past.³

In conclusion, the Old Testament contains a collection of literary works produced over the centuries by unknown authors who had considerable influence in the actual composition of the text. The Qur’anic Revelation has a history that is in total contrast to the Bible and was preserved both orally and in writing during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad(P) himself. Therefore the Qur’an does not pose any problem of authenticity as a Revelation from God Almighty and this is why its story of the Creation remains consistent with modern scientific knowledge.

And only God knows best.

1. We must point out here that modern commentators stress the interpretation of ‘ayyam, one translation of which is “days”, as meaning ‘long periods’ or ‘ages’ rather than a period of twenty-four hour days. [back]
2. It should be interesting to note that the Qur’an was right in stating that it is the “Unbelievers” who will first observe this phenomenon, as the astronomers who were involved in the observation of universe were made up of atheists, Jews and Christians. [back]
3. See Isma’il Raji al-Faruqi, Al Tawhid: Its Implications for Thought and Life (IIIT:1992), pp. 70-74 [back]