The Discrete Structure of Time and the Process of Creation

The Discrete Structure of Time and the Process of Creation

Friends, perhaps you have wondered: is the phenomenon known as the Theory of Everything truly a combination of General Relativity and Quantum Gravity, or could it be something entirely different that has not yet been proposed?

Since time carries no volume or mass, we are confronted with the reality of time as independent of the universe. Doesn't this reality render the creation of the universe meaningless? What I mean is, could the concept of time we perceive be anything other than the dense entropy during the Big Bang gradually diminishing and reaching the present day step by step?

In this case, doesn't life lose its meaning as well? In other words, what we call the past, present, and future are actually the same thing. There is only one variable, and that is human perception of life. Life does not exist independently of us; on the contrary, we transform life according to how we give it meaning. Even though this transformation seems dependent on time, since time is a quantity independent of the cosmos, it cannot have any real effect.

Therefore, the statement we see in sacred texts—"For God, time is one; God is eternal without beginning or end"—is included in holy scriptures to express in the most understandable way our human feeling of defeat against time. This feeling is experienced solely by entities within the universe as a result of the excess entropy during its creation. Because God is not a part of the cosmos, but rather the One who brought it into existence, He views the cosmos as a single whole.

In the Quran, God repeatedly commands us to think and reflect upon life through contemplation (tafakkur). I hope this is clear and insightful.