Subject: [Masjid Tucson] Submission weekly reminder

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Peace be upon you,

	Greatness of God*
[Quran 39:67] They can never fathom the greatness of GOD. The whole earth is within His fist on the Day of Resurrection. In fact, the universes are folded within His right hand.* Be He glorified; He is much too high above needing any partners.
*39:67 Our universe, with its billion galaxies, a billion trillion stars, uncountable decillions of heavenly bodies, spanning many billions of light-years, is the smallest and innermost of seven universes. This incomprehensible vastness of the seven universes is within God's hand. Such is the greatness of God. See Appendix 6.

"Expansion of the Universe Theory" Confirmed
[Quran 51:47] We constructed the sky with our hands, and we will continue to expand it.


In the early 1920s, astronomers were still debating whether the Milky Way was the entire universe. Now we know the Milky Way is just one galaxy among (an estimated) hundreds of billions. But even today scientists do not know how big the universe is -- only that it is extremely large and that it continues to expand (confirmed in the Quran centuries ago). God also tells us that this universe is surrounded by even larger ones, and that the universes are folded within His hand (Quran 39:67). Glory be to God!

God's greatness is represented not only by the fact that He holds the seven universes in His hand, but also by the fact that He fully controls every atom, even subatomic components, everywhere in the greater universe (Quran 6:59, 10:61, and 34:3).

May God help us appreciate His greatness.


References:
Greatness of God, https://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/appendices/appendix6.html
Why Were We Created?, https://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/appendices/appendix7.html

Peace.