Umbuzo wokuthi umkhathi waqala kanjani ungomdala kunayo yonke esintu esike sayibuza. IQuran, eyembulwa e-Arabia yekhulu lesi-7, iwuphendula emavesini amaningana aphawulekayo — ichaza ukuqala komkhathi, ubunye bokuqala obabuqhekeka, nesibhakabhaka esisenkwebekweni eqhubekayo.
Amazulu Nomhlaba Kwake Kwahlangana
Kwelinye lamavesi axoxwa kakhulu, iQuran ichaza amazulu nomhlaba njengokwake kwaba yinto eyodwa ehlangene uNkulunkulu ayeyihlukanisa:
"Ababonanga yini labo abangakholwa ukuthi amazulu nomhlaba kwakuyinto ehlangene, sase sikuhlukanisa, futhi senza ngamanzi zonke izinto eziphilayo? Pho ngeke bakholwe yini?"
(Surah Al-Anbiya, 21:30)
AmaSilamu aphawula umfanekiso oshaqisayo lokhu okuwudwebayo: inqwaba eyodwa, kwabe kuba ukwahlukaniswa okwavela kukho umkhathi njengoba siwazi. Encwadini elethwe endodeni engafundile phakathi kwabantu abangenayo i-cosmology ngaphandle kwenganekwane, amakholwa abheka le ncazelo njengeyayiphambili kakhulu kwesikhathi sayo.
Isibhakabhaka Esinwebekayo
Kwenye indawo, iQuran ichaza izulu hhayi njengophahla olungaguquki — umfanekiso ovamile ezweni lasendulo — kodwa njengento uNkulunkulu ayakha ngamandla futhi ayinwebayo:
"Nesibhakabhaka sasakha ngamandla, futhi ngempela, thina singabasinwebayo."
(Surah Adh-Dhariyat, 51:47)
Umqondo womkhathi omile, ongaguquki wabusa umcabango wesintu isikhathi esiningi somlando. Umfanekiso weQuran wesibhakabhaka "esinwebekayo" uyaqhamuka kulesi sizinda, futhi amaSilamu kade ezindla ngobujulile balesi sincazelo.
Ukudalwa Ngezigaba, Hhayi Ngengozi
IQuran iyethula njalo umkhathi njengomsebenzi ohleliwe woMdali ohlakaniphile, ohlelekile futhi onenjongo — hhayi umkhiqizo wenhlanhla. Ichaza ukubunjwa kwamazulu nomhlaba njengokwenzeka ngezigaba ezikaliwe ("izinsuku," igama iQuran elikuphinda lisebenzise nangezikhathi ezinde):
"Ngu-Allah owadala amazulu nomhlaba nakho konke okuphakathi kwakho ezinsukwini eziyisithupha."
(Surah As-Sajdah, 32:4)
Futhi ikhomba ukunemba nokulinganisela komkhathi njengobufakazi besandla esisodwa, esihlakaniphile ngemuva kwawo:
"Owadala amazulu ayisikhombisa engqimba. Awuboni ekudalweni koNomusa Kakhulu ukungaphelele. Ngakho buyisela ukubuka kwakho esibhakabhakeni — ubona iminkenke yini? Bese ubuyisela ukubuka kwakho kabili futhi; ukubuka kwakho kuzobuyela kuwe kuthobekile kukhathele."
(Surah Al-Mulk, 67:3–4)
Konke Kwenziwe Ngamanzi
Ivesi elifanayo elikhuluma ngokuhlukaniswa kwamazulu nomhlaba lengeza esinye isitatimende — ukuthi uNkulunkulu wenza "ngamanzi zonke izinto eziphilayo" (21:30). IQuran iyabuyela kule ndikimba njalo, iyethula amanzi njengomsuka nomondli wako konke okuphilayo:
"Futhi u-Allah wadala zonke izidalwa eziphilayo ngamanzi."
(Surah An-Nur, 24:45)
Injongo Engemuva Komkhathi
KuQuran, umsuka womkhathi awuyona nje into yesayensi elukhuni. Kuyimpikiswano: ukuthi ubukhulu obunjalo, ukuhleleka, nobuhle akuzange kuzivelele, nokuthi ukuzindla ngakho kufanele kuhole umbukeli oqotho abuyele kuMdali wakho.
"Futhi nguye owadala ubusuku nemini nelanga nenyanga; konke kuntanta emkhathizungezo."
(Surah Al-Anbiya, 21:33)
Isifinyezo
IQuran ichaza umkhathi onokuqala — owake wahlangana, wabe uhlukaniswa — owakhiwe ngamandla, onwebekayo, ohlelwe ngezigaba, futhi osekelwe emanzini njengomsuka wokuphila. AmaSilamu afunda la mavesi njengezimpawu zokuthi Lowo owakhuluma iQuran nguye ofanayo owabumba amazulu, ememe wonke umfundi ukuba abheke phezulu azindle.
Ingxenye yo-Mhlahlandlela Ophelele Wokuqonda I-Islam. Okulandelayo: I-Embryology EQuran.