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Cosmology is the study of the origin and structure of the universe. There are two main types of cosmologies religious and scientific.

In religion, the Christian cosmology at the start of the bible, Genesis chapter 1 and 2 although slightly different teach that God created the universe. In Genesis chapter 1 God created the earth in 6 days. On day 1 he created heaven and earth and light and dark. Day 2 he separated the earth from the sky. On day 3 he created dry land, plants and trees. On day 4 he made the sun, the moon, and all of the stars. On day 5 he created all fish and birds and on the last day (day 6) he created Humans and all the other animals.

In genesis chapter 2 which is slightly different from chapter 1 there is more on the creation of humankind. In chapter 2 God created the heavens and the earth then he formed man from dust in the earth and breathed life into him his name was Adam. After that god made trees grow out of the ground and made what was called the Garden of Eden. God then put Adam in the garden but then thought he would be lonely so he created birds and animals and told Adam to name them. The birds and animals weren’t helpful enough for Adam so God put Adam to sleep removed one of his ribs and from that rib created woman (Eve).

Another religious cosmology is the Islamic cosmology which is found in the Qur’an, but in Islam there isn’t one story of cosmology like Christianity.  In the Qur’an there are only references to the cosmology. This has like chapter 1 and 2 of the bible led to there being 2 variations of the cosmology in the Qur’an (The modern view and the traditional view).

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In the Qur’an, Surah 7:54 says: Your guardian lord is God who created heavens and earth in six days and is firmly throne of authority.

The traditional view of the Muslim cosmology to me is; God created the heavens and the earth in six days, but it doesn’t say exactly how it happened. It tells you in bits. ... ‘He created the birds fish and animals’ (16:5-8) ‘created Adam as the first human being out of clay into which god breathed life’ (23:12-16) this gives you an idea of god creating everything in six days and that all ...

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