Qur'an

Sajda-e-tilaawat

Q: If I have to perform three Sajdah-e-Tilaawat, when I'm performing the sajdahs must I make intention that the first sajdah is for the first of the three sajdah Ayats which I read?

Proving scientific theories from the Qur'an

Q: I have an important aqidah question. Some Muslim apologists are claiming Surah 51:47 is discussing scientific foreknowledge of the expanding universe in secular science. They claim the word "musiuna" in the ayah means "expanding", is this correct? I read in Surah 79:28, it says the heavens were "rafa'a", raised, which is past tense, which contradicts expanding. Does Al Quran teach an expanding, or static universe?