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If, according to space agencies, the Earth is extremely tiny compared to the universe, then how did Allah create it in four full days, while He created the rest of the planets, stars, and the seven heavens in only two days? And why does Allah associate the Earth—despite its extreme smallness—with the heavens in His verses, such as: {His Kursi extends over the heavens and the Earth} and {a Garden whose width is the heavens and the Earth}? And does believing in this astronomical information contradict the Qur'an?

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Allah created the heavens and the earth in six days not out of incapacity to create them in a single moment, but for multiple wisdoms, including: teaching His servants gentleness and deliberation, demonstrating wisdom in creation, establishing permanence in preparing what was created for Adam and his descendants, and dispelling the notion that creation occurred by nature or by chance. The Quran's emphasis on the earth more than other things is because it is the dwelling place of humans and the locus of their lives, and drawing attention to it is more conducive to gratitude and thanks.

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