Time and Space and Seven Skies

                   

We have already seen in my previous articles including titled ‘Time and Space-existence in pairs’  and titled ‘Time Travel’  that Time and Space are considered as a twin and interdependent phenomenon. Time is defined as a distance between two points in space. Simply speaking, if a person moves from point A to point B, the space travelled/ covered between points A and B is called Time to reach from A to B. in other words, if space between A and B is expanded, the time to reach from A to B will be expanded; and if the space between A and B is contracted/condensed, time to reach from A to B will be shortened. It means same event (in this case moving from A to B) will require more (expanded) time to happen, if space is expanded; as that event will require lesser time to happen, if space is condensed/ contracted. 

We have also seen that Time and Space exist in pairs. One form of Time is what is expanding as we move from the first sky to seventh sky; the other form of Time is what is contracting as we move from seventh sky to the first sky. Similarly one form of Space is what is expanding as we move from first sky to seventh sky and the other form of Space is what is contracting as we move from seventh sky to the first sky. This phenomenon of expansion/contraction of Time and Space reaches to such an extent that only one day (24 hours) spent in seventh sky is enough to see events happening in future fifty thousand years on earth. It means as we move from the first sky to upper skies, we actually move/travel into the future of earthly Time; in other words, we can travel into Time. Actually our Nabi (s.a.w.w) travelled into future Time, when he (s.a.w.w) went onto the ‘journey of Meraj’; during this journey our Nabi (s.a.w.w) witnessed events which would take future thousands of years to happen on earth according to earthly Time.

We have also seen in my article ‘Nature of Space and Dark Matter’  that actually contraction of Space means contraction of Dark Matter which is spread everywhere at every point of Space; and expansion of Space means expansion of Dark Matter. In other words, expansion/contraction of Time and Space at a certain point depends upon the expansion/contraction of Dark Matter present at that certain point of Space. The seven skies are found in layers one above the other. Space and Time are seen comparatively more contracted on earth as we move from the 1^st sky to upper skies; this gradual contraction in Space and Time on earth is due to the factor that  Dark Matter in first sky (being beneath of all upper skies) is depressed gradually more as compared to Dark Matter contained by upper skies as we move from first sky to upper skies. In other words, Space and Time are expanded as we move from first sky to upper skies because Dark Matter expands as we move from first sky to upper skies.

We have also seen in ‘Universe Travel within Man’s Life Span’  that gradual expansion of time- as we move from first sky to upper skies- which results in gradually slower happening of events is due to gradually more expansion of Dark Matter as we move from first sky to upper skies. This phenomenon results in gradually slower happening of events as we move from 1st sky to upper skies. This is the special arrangement made by Allah for man to travel through this universe within man’s life span. This special arrangement provides for such paths which run through such a low density Dark Matter space which may reduce (up to 18250000 times)  time required for an event to happen on earth.  Man, treading upon such low density Dark Matter paths, would be able to travel through galaxies within a few years- the galaxies which according to earth time require millions of years to be traversed through.

Now we deal with the question how much Time (as compared to earthly Time) may be reduced to get an event happened in each of seven skies, as we move from first sky to seventh sky.

From sura al-maarij it is clear that Time may be reduced by 18250000 times on seventh sky as compared to earthly Time required for an event.  Sura al-maarij states that “Lord of the Ascending Stairways. The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him in a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years” (al-ma,arij-3,4). These stairways or gates are used by Hazrat Gabrael (as) and other angels to reach to such divine proximity from where they receive commandments from Allah, and such ascendance of angels from earth to seventh sky happens within a DAY (twenty four hours) which is actually equal to fifty thousand years on earth. It means events happen quicker on 1st sky as we move from 1st sky to upper skies; the events occurring in fifty thousand years on earth take one day/24 hours to occur on seventh sky. In other words, one second spent in the seventh sky would be equal to 211.22 days spent on earth; it means the events which are seen to be happened  in one second in seventh sky would happen in 211.22 days on earth. In other words, Time may be reduced by 18250000 times on seventh sky to get an event happened on earth. That is why Allah states: “Indeed, they see it [as] distant, But We see it [as] near”(al-ma,arij-6,7).

Similarly Quran has mentioned about frame Time and Space of the first sky:

“He arranges (every) affair from the sky to the earth, then it (affair) will go up to Him, in one Day, which length is a thousand years of your reckoning (i.e. reckoning of our present world's time)”[al-sajdah-5].

This above verse states about management of affairs in the first sky, and Allah says that every affair He manages goes to Him in a day whose length is one thousand years as per our earthly Time. It means one thousand years on our earth is equal to maximum one day in the outer most limits of first sky. In other words, events happened in one day in the outer most limits of first sky would happen on earth in one thousand years; it means time for an event to happen on earth may be reduced up to 365000 times in the outer most limits of first sky.

Now we have an outline of pattern of reduction of Time for an event to happen-as compared to earthly Time- as we move from the first sky to the upper skies. According to this pattern, we may reduce Time upto 365000 times in the first sky and upto 18250000 times in the seventh sky, as compared to earthly Time. Taking lead from the phenomenon of making of waves when a stone is dropped into pond of water, we may assume (as every wave at the greater distance  from the dropping point tends to be more expanded than the wave nearer to the dropping point) that in every upper sky Space and consequently Time is more expanded than the lower sky. Between the two limits (i.e. reduction of Time upto 365000 times in the first sky and upto 18250000 times in the seventh sky, as compared to earthly Time) , the pattern of reduction of Time in the seven skies may be estimated by calculating how many years on earth are equal to one day in each upper sky. This calculation is based on the presumption that variance in expansion of Space/Time between every two adjacent skies is the same/constant. Based on this premise, we may have following calculation: 

Sky Description     Day on Sky     Years on Earth     Reduction in Time
                                                                                   as compared to earthly Time

1^st sky……………… one day=====1000 years======365000 times

2^nd sky……………....one Day===9166  year=======3345590 times

3^rd sky………………one Day===17332 years========6326180 times

4^th sky………………one Day====25498 years======9306770  times

5^th sky………………one Day====33664 years======12287360 times

6^th sky……………..one Day====41830 years=====15267950 times

7^th sky …………….one Day====49996 years======18248540  times

This above calculation has been made by keeping variance in expansion of Time between every two adjacent skies as constant i.e. 8166 years. We may notice that one Day in seventh sky is equal to 50,000 years on earth; but in above calculation it is 49996 years instead of 50,000. Actually this difference may be removed by adding fraction to the constant i.e. 8166. This calculation reveals that Time required for an event to be happened on earth may be reduced by 18248540 times for the same event to happen on the seventh sky.
This explains how completion of the 'Journey of Meraj' was possible in a very short period  of earthly time. Our Nabi (s.a.w.w) travelled with immense speed (may be with speed of light) from earth to first sky. When he (s.a.w.w) reached outer limits of first sky, Time was reduced by 365000 times; when he (saww) reached the second sky, Time was reduced by 3345590 times; and so on so forth when he (saww) reached seventh sky Time was reduced by 18248540 times as compared to earth Time. By reduction of Time means,  Time required for an event to happen is reduced; in other words, reduction by 18248540 times means at seventh sky Time required for happening an event is reduced by 18248540 times as compared to earthly time; if an event takes 1 min to happen on earth, it will take 1/18248540 min to happen on seventh sky. On seventh sky and beyond, our Nabi (saww) spent a short period of Time and witnessed in that short period of Time, some events which would take future thousands of years to happen as per earthly Time. Apart from seven skies, there is another frame of Time and Space which I call Allah's frame of Time and Space (for details plz see my article 'Fana fillah and baqi billah-a scientific notion"; in this frame, Time and Space become infinitely expanded and resultantly Time for an event as compared to earthly Time is reduced infinitely. That is why in Allah's frame of Time and Space, all stages of all events beginning from the start of creation to the end of creation, may be witnessed simultaneously at the same point of Time (actually Time, being infinitely expanded, cannot be measured in Allah's frame of Time and Space). Now you can appreciate how journey of 'meraj' was possible in a very short period of Time; as our Nabi (s.a.w.w) moved to upper skies Time was tremendously reduced as compared to earthly time.