ON THE COSMOLOGY OF QURANIC TEXT // BSU bulletin. Philosophy. - 2019. №2. . - С. 57-64.

ON THE COSMOLOGY OF QURANIC TEXT

DOI: 10.18101/1994-0866-2019-2-57-64 UDK: 2:001

One of the tasks of modern religious studies is the translation, study, analysis and interpre- tation of texts of the sacred scriptures. The task is quite complex, due to the inherent allego- ry and symbolism of such texts. The Holy Quran has a colossal scientific heritage, and many researches attempted to scientifically interpret the Quran, for example, famous Mus- lim preacher, Dr. Zakir Nike. The purpose of this study is to give a new interpretation of individual ayahs (verses) of the Holy Quran. From our point of view, they may be in con- gruence with some modern cosmological hypotheses, in particular, the conformal cyclic Universe model, which describes one of the possible scenarios of the Universe life as a separate physical structural unit. The interpretation of ayahs (verses) proposed in this sense is new for Islamic studies. The method of studying ayahs (verses) is based on the well- known Russian translations and interpretations of the Qoran, as well as on the establishing their connection with modern cosmological hypotheses. We also pay special attention to the numbers of chapters and ayahs (verses) of the sacred text, and their possible physical inter- pretation. The results of the analysis of particular ayahs (verses) reflect the possible prereq- uisites for modern physical theories (string theory, cyclic cosmology, supersymmetry) in the Quranic text. Such assumptions can play a motivational role for theoretical physicists, since some physical theories discussed in this article are not currently confirmed experi- mentally. So, the results of the study may be useful for the researches in the field of the phi- losophy of religion, theology, religious studies, and Islamic studies in particular.

the Holy Quran; interpretation; Universe; Big Bang; dark matter; dark energy; cyclic Universe; string theory.