Six Individual Phases of Creation
Furthermore, Ahmadis highlight several verses in the Quran where it mentions of "Six periods of creation" and use these verses to explain the theory that the universe began roughly 13 billion years ago. A single period, so the Ahmadi view, has no definitive timescale and could mean anywhere from 1 day to billions of years.
“And, verily, We created the heavens
and the Earth and all that is between
them in six periods and no weariness
touched Us.”
According to the Ahmadiyya view the universe passed from stage to stage till the Earth assumed a shape and developed properties which could sustain human life.
Read more about this topic: Ahmadiyya Views On Evolution
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