We have received this question by email from Jihad Amr:

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I am in a discussion with some pseudo Islamic practioners who claim Eligah Muhammad to have certain knowledge of earths mesurements that I believe to be contradictory to the Criterion.

I am told that the univesres has definate and particular mesurements,but I am of the understanding that the universe is ever expandin according to Allah (S.W.A) Where in the Quran can I find proof of the universe'es measurements?

Jihad Amr

The verse that is often taken as a reference to the expansion of the universe is 51.47. This is one translation by Khalifa that clearly understands the verse to refer to this astronimical phenomenon:

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We constructed the sky with our hands, and we will continue to expand it.

However, other translations understand the verse differently. This, for instance, is Yusuf Ali's translation:

QUOTE:
With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of pace.

The Arabic term that has been rendered differently by different translators is "lamusi'un."