Formation of the Universe from the Viewpoint of The Qur’an and Science

On the matter of the formation of the universe the holy Quran mentions various phenomena, each playing a special role in the evolution of the universe. In this article, we described two celestial phenomena that have been discussed in verses 30 of Surah Al-Anbiya and 11 of Surah Fussilat, and we assessed the possibility of matching these two verses with new scientific findings.Our approach in this study was that we first examined the plausible meanings of the verse through lexical, morphological, syntactic and interpretive analysis. Then we proposed possible scientific phenomena compatible with the meanings of the verse and evaluated their compatibility.Results of this study showed that the reference of the Quran to the two phenomena, "coalescence and separation of the skies and the earth", and "formation of the sky from smoke", can be compatible with the scientific phenomena of the Big Bang, the formation of the solar system and the formation of the earth and its atmosphere.