Bismillahi rahmani raheem, assalamu alaikum
While we where studying how this universe worked we learnt from the scholars that Jannah, Jahanam, the Arsh and Kursi all played a role in space, a role for that helped make the universe the way it is, I then began to think about Jahanam and what it did for the universe.
I already knew from the Book Of Enoch (Idriss) that Allah showed him, by asking the Angels to take him there, that black holes are hell, in the middle of each galaxy is a black hole for the creatures that live in it. The Prophet (saws) asked the Angels what is this, what is its purpose, and the Angels replied it is a punishment for the stars that veer of the course Allah placed them on at the begging of time, thy end up trapped by the black hole, by extension it is also a punishment for people who veer of the course Allah gave them in life.
The prophet (saws) witnessed the black hole destroying a star, whose matter was like feul for it hence Allah said in the Quran Man and Jinn will be fuel for the fire, meaning the atoms they are created from and the power in it will fuel hell.
So after thinking about this I asked Allah about the role Jahanam played in the universe, the question was in relation to our lives on earth. The answer came in the form of a tafsir to a hadith the prophet (saws) mentioned about Jahanam becoming heated up at certain times of the day so we shouldn’t pray during those times.
The prophet (saws) was literally saying in the hadith the force of a black hole reaches earth at specific times of the day and affects us, and science established this recently with the observation of gravitational waves sent out from the black hole.
The Angels said the force Jahanam exerts in the universe breaks apart the sin (Filth) that has been encrusted on you from your actions, the effects of the long time or major sins that have stayed on you.
This helps create change in the universe, as you go from purity back to sin and the cycles we experience in life as we recover from our actions and crimes.
Why would gravitational waves from a black hole which is like one giant ball of gravity, be harmful to our spirituality, why would it stop us from praying?
“Gravitational waves are ‘ripples’ in the fabric of space-time (space is basically bent, this is a ripple) caused by some of the most violent and energetic processes in the Universe. Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves in his general theory of relativity. Einstein’s mathematics showed that massive accelerating objects (such as neutron stars or black holes orbiting each other) would disrupt space-time in such a way that ‘waves’ of distorted space would radiate from the source (like the movement of waves from a stone thrown into a pond). Furthermore, these ripples would travel at the speed of light through the Universe, carrying with them information about their cataclysmic origins, as well as invaluable clues to the nature of gravity itself.”
The waves from two black holes colliding are the extreme kind in the universe, while the prophet (saws) was talking about the more subtle force of a single black hole as it (Hell) is “heated up”, that reach us every day.
There are two points of interest in the above paragraph;
– “Gravitational waves are ‘ripples’ in the fabric of space-time…’waves’ of distorted space.”
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– “these ripples would travel at the speed of light through the Universe, carrying with them information about their cataclysmic origins”
If you’re not a physicist you won’t know this, but science has long since proven that space and time are connected “physically” together, because basically matter in the universe created time when it was created. Most people think of time as the ticking on a watch, here we are talking about the rate at which time flows, or passes, which is created by the universe itself.
So, basically whatever happens to space happens to the flow of time, if space is bent the flow of time, how fast or slow time passes, is a affected and so where ever their is gravity in the universe, like planets, moons, suns, black holes, time flows slightly differently than in the coldness of empty space.
To put this into simple terms the prophet (saws) and Allah didn’t want us praying, being open to the spiritual (sub atomic) world, at times when distorted bits of reality are affecting earth. He didn’t want these forces touching us shaping our hearts and future as we pray because they carry with them “information about their cataclysmic origins”, and distort our perception and spirituality just like they distort space.
When we pray we are reaching out spiritually (sub atomically) into the universe and are at our most sensitive, when you plead with someone in sincerity you open up to them hoping they will answer your request, prayer is the same.
Forces from many objects in the depth of space, like stars, affect our world from a distance and Allah mentions this in surah al Rahman (55) saying it is part of what creates the balance on earth.
It’s for this reason the Devils love this time, sunset, and sunrise, because they sense the forces of hell and foolishly see it as a source of power, chaos, delusion and distortion in reality, but like any power you adopt and take from, spiritually, you also take in yourself from its origin and eventually end up walking the path that takes you there.
Shaykh Rami Al Rifai.