Umbuzo wokuba indalo iphela yaqala njani ngomnye wemidala uluntu olwakha lwayibuza. IQuran, eyatyhilwa e-Arabia yenkulungwane yesi-7, iwuphendula kwiindinyana eziliqela eziphawulekayo — ichaza ukuqala kwendalo, ubunye bokuqala obabuqhekeka, nesibhakabhaka esikwinwenwo eliqhubekayo.
Amazulu Nomhlaba Kwakhe Kwadibana
Kwenye yeendinyana ezixoxwa kakhulu, iQuran ichaza amazulu nomhlaba njengokwakhe kwaba yinto enye edibeneyo uThixo awayehlula:
"Abaqwalaselanga na abo bangakholwayo ukuba amazulu nomhlaba kwakuyinto edibeneyo, saza sakwahlula, saza senza ngamanzi yonke into ephilayo? Ngaba abayi kukholwa na?"
(Surah Al-Anbiya, 21:30)
Amasilamsi aqaphela umfanekiso omangalisayo lo uwuzobayo: imbumba enye, yaza yahlulwa apho kwavela khona indalo iphela njengoko siyazi. Kwincwadi ezisiwe kwindoda engafundanga phakathi kwabantu abangenayo i-cosmology ngaphandle kweentsomi, amakholwa agqala le nkcazo njengeyayiphambili kakhulu kwexesha layo.
Isibhakabhaka Esinwenwayo
Kwenye indawo, iQuran ichaza izulu kungekhona njengophahla olungaguqukiyo — umfanekiso oqhelekileyo kwilizwe lamandulo — kodwa njengento uThixo awayakha ngamandla kwaye ayinwenwayo:
"Nesibhakabhaka sasakha ngamandla, kwaye inene, thina singabasinwenwayo."
(Surah Adh-Dhariyat, 51:47)
Ingcamango yendalo emileyo, engaguqukiyo yalawula ingcinga yoluntu ixesha elininzi lembali. Umfanekiso weQuran wesibhakabhaka "esinwenwayo" uyavelela kwesi siseko, kwaye amaSilamsi kudala ecamngca ngobunzulu bale nkcazo.
Ukudalwa Ngamanqanaba, Kungekhona Ngengozi
IQuran iyethula rhoqo indalo iphela njengomsebenzi ocwangcisiweyo woMdali osisilumko, olungelelanisiweyo nonenjongo — kungekhona imveliso yethuba. Ichaza ukubunjwa kwamazulu nomhlaba njengokwenzeka ngamanqanaba alinganisiweyo ("iimini," igama iQuran elikwalisebenzisayo nakumaxesha amade):
"NguAllah owadala amazulu nomhlaba nako konke okuphakathi kwako kwiintsuku ezintandathu."
(Surah As-Sajdah, 32:4)
Kwaye ikhomba ukuchana nokulinganiselwa kwendalo iphela njengobungqina besandla esinye, esisisilumko emva kwayo:
"Owadala amazulu asixhenxe engqimba. Awuboni kwindalo yoSozinceba ukungahambelani. Ngoko buyisela ukujonga kwakho esibhakabhakeni — ubona iikroba na? Uze ubuyisele ukujonga kwakho kabini kwakhona; ukujonga kwakho kuya kubuyela kuwe kuthobekile kudiniwe."
(Surah Al-Mulk, 67:3–4)
Yonke Into Yenziwe Ngamanzi
Indinyana efanayo ethetha ngokwahlulwa kwamazulu nomhlaba yongeza esinye isivakalisi — ukuba uThixo wenza "ngamanzi yonke into ephilayo" (21:30). IQuran ibuyela rhoqo kulo mxholo, iyethula amanzi njengemvelaphi nomondli wako konke okuphilayo:
"Kwaye uAllah wadala zonke izidalwa eziphilayo ngamanzi."
(Surah An-Nur, 24:45)
Injongo Engasemva Kwendalo Iphela
KwiQuran, imvelaphi yendalo iphela ayiyonto nje yesayensi. Yingxoxo: ukuba ubukhulu obunjalo, ulungelelwaniso, nobuhle akuzange kuzivelele, nokuba ukucamngca ngako kufuneka kukhokelele umbukeli onyanisekileyo abuyele kuMdali wayo.
"Kwaye nguye owadala ubusuku nemini nelanga nenyanga; ngasinye sindanda kumjikelo."
(Surah Al-Anbiya, 21:33)
Isishwankathelo
IQuran ichaza indalo enokuqala — eyayikhe yadibana, yaza yahlulwa — eyakhiwe ngamandla, enwenwayo, elungelelaniswe ngamanqanaba, kwaye esekwe emanzini njengemvelaphi yobomi. Amasilamsi afunda ezi ndinyana njengemiqondiso yokuba Lowo wawuthetha iQuran nguye kanye owabumba amazulu, ememe wonke umfundi ukuba ajonge phezulu acamngce.
Inxalenye ye-Sikhokelo Esipheleleyo Sokuqonda I-Islam. Okulandelayo: I-Embryology KwiQuran.