Qur’anic Verse (Arabic):

﴿وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ﴾

(Surah Adh-Dhariyat, 51:47)

English Translation:

“And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are expanding it.”

Scientific Significance:

This verse explicitly states that the universe is expanding, a fact scientifically confirmed in the 20th century by Edwin Hubble. The use of the active participle “lamūsiʿūn” implies an ongoing process, not a completed action. This linguistic precision is astonishing, as the concept of an expanding universe was unknown until modern astronomy, reinforcing the Qur’an’s claim of divine knowledge.