Did those who reject not see that the heavens and the earth were one mass and We tore them apart? That We made from the water everything that lives. Will they not acknowledge?
Translation endnotes
[21:30] The creation of the universe from a singularity about 13.7 billion years ago with a Big Bang has been supported by many scientific observations and calculations since the beginning of the early 20th century. The Quran stated this fact unequivocally 14 centuries before. Furthermore, the Quran supports the closed model of an expanding universe (21:104; 51:47). We are also informed that the early stage of the universe was gas (41:11). The vitality of water for carbon-based biological life is evident. See 4:82.