Creation in 6 "days"?

Question

According to both the Bible and Qu'ran, the universe that we know today was created in 6 days. Can't say anything regarding the Bible because I'm a Muslim, but according to the Qu'ran the arabic word is "Ayyaam", that could mean the literal 24 hour day or "a period". So I guess this applies period here.

Anyways, I've checked wikipedia and interesting enough we had 6 periods from the Big Bang to our present day:


Reionization
The first quasars form from gravitational collapse. The intense radiation they emit reionizes the surrounding universe. From this point on, most of the universe is composed of plasma.

Formation of stars
The first stars, most likely Population III stars, form and start the process of turning the light elements that were formed in the Big Bang (hydrogen, helium and lithium) into heavier elements.

Formation of galaxies
Large volumes of matter collapse to form a galaxy. Population II stars are formed early on in this process, with Population I stars formed later.

Formation of groups, clusters and superclusters
Gravitational attraction pulls galaxies towards each other to form groups, clusters and superclusters.
Formation of the solar system, 8 Billion Years
Finally, objects on the scale of our solar system form. Our sun is a late-generation star, incorporating the debris from many generations of earlier stars, and formed roughly 5 billion years ago, or roughly 8 to 9 billion years after the big bang.

Today, 13.7 billion years
The best current data estimates the age of the universe today as 13.7 billion years since the big bang. Since the expansion of the universe appears to be accelerating, superclusters are likely to be the largest structures that will ever form in the universe. The present accelerated expansion prevents any more inflationary structures entering the horizon and prevents new gravitationally bound structures from forming.


So now the question, can anyone get the verses from either the Bible or Qu'ran to tell me exactly what exactly happened in each "day"?

Okay....I've checked and Bible is specific but not compatible, and it's just says 6 days in six different verses in the Qu'ran,

Thanks anyways.

Answer 1

This is what Genesis says: (This is Genesis Ch. 1 of course)

3And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.

11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

20 And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

24 And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Answer 2

The funny thing is if you use it as a ratio a lot of it meets with science. Universe 14 billon Earth and sun 4-5 billion Man most recently Bible creation day one. Earth and Sun day 4 (that's 2/3, same as with the science view). Man, the end of day 6. The Bible's been saying the Earth and Sun were formed 2/3 of the way from creation and science has only been saying that for about 200 years maximum. Not bad for a 3,000+ year old book. You are aware the Atheist Cosmologist Carl Sagan proposed a 30 day calendar for creation in which Man came along in the first second of the first minute of the first hour of the last day and we are still in that hour. Making fun of Dr. Sagan's 30 day cosmic calendar!

Answer 3

okay. before i say what the Bible says about the Creation days, there are some other things to consider

1st, in Hebrew, the word "yom" always means a literal 24 day
2nd, in Hebrew, the word "yom" with a numeric value in front of it, such as "first" or "third" always means a literal 24 day.
3rd, when reviewing any religious or faith-based literature, the reader must remember that the understanding of that literature will ALWAYS boil down to their faith in its message.

we cannot try to combine "evolution" or "the big bang" with Scripture. it does not do justice to the literal interpretation that Scripture deserves.

the days of Creation:
1 - light and darkness, labeled "day" and "night"
2 - sky - between the waters of the earth and the hydrosphere (the water of heaven that existed in the antedelluvian world)
3 - dry ground separating the waters, vegetation bearing fruit
4 - sun, moon, and stars
5 - birds and sea creatures
6 - livestock and man to rule over creation

hope that helps :-D

EDIT: i am really sick of wikipedia theologians.

Answer 4

The Hebrew word "Yom" means day, but in over 300 other parts of the Bible it is referred to as a period of time, rather than a 24-hour period. In Genesis however, yom is not the word used. It's used with a word-phrase, yomeched, which means "The first day." There's another phrase for second, third, etc. days. -EVERY- other place in the Bible where the word phrase "yomeched" or any other day-phrase like it are used, it means a literal 24-hour day. So, it's likely that the Genesis days were literal 24-hour periods of time. Not thousands, or millions of years.

Answer 5

Since the Qu'ran and the Bible were both written by humans who had a limited knowledge of the universe, they just assume the cosmos was created when earth and humans were created. But since we know that universe is 13.7 billion years old, the "day" theory doesn't hold up. It was just their lack of understanding and a humanizing of the world around them. Science steps in and explains things better than religion (bible and qu'ran) could do.

Answer 6

Say: do you indeed disbelieve in Him who created the earth in two days? and do you make other gods His equals? The Lord of the Universe is He. He set upon the earth mountains, towering high above it. He blessed it and provided it with sustenance for all those in need alike, in four days. Then, turning to the sky, which was but a cloud of vapour, He said to it and to the earth: "Come forward both, willingly or perforce". "We will come willingly", they answered. In two days, He formed the sky into seven heavens.

Answer 7

day 1- light
day 2- heavens seperated from atmosphere
day 3-dry land and seas
day 4-vegetation, plants, fields, fruit trees, trees
day 5-great sea creatures and land animals
day 6-Adam

This is from the Bible

Answer 8

Wow, what a coincidence. Funny that they should get the "6" right but get it screwed up that grass was created before critters, or before the moon and sun...

Answer 9

The Bible is clear,6 -24 hour days.

Like Rippley said---"believe it or not".

Answer 10

The answers lay not in the Bible or the Qu'ran but in the study of science.

Answer 11

The times are not anywhere near equal, nor does the order parallel either story.