Time, Space, and Order in Divine Storytelling: Quantum Cosmology in Dialogue with Quranic and Biblical Metaphysics

Abstract

This paper scrutinises contemporary developments in quantum cosmology in dialogue with Qur’anic metaphysics, proposing Divine Storytelling as a conceptual lens through which time, space, and cosmic order may be meaningfully understood. Advances in modern physics - particularly in quantum cosmology, inflationary theory, and approaches to quantum gravity - have increasingly challenged classical assumptions of linear time, absolute space, and material primacy. These scientific developments expose profound questions at the limits of empirical explanation concerning origins, causality, and the intelligibility of the universe. In parallel, the Quran and other scriptural traditions articulate a metaphysical vision in which the cosmos unfolds as a structured and purposeful order, communicated through āyāt (signs) and grounded in Divine knowledge. However, drawing especially on Quranic conceptions of God as the First and the Last, the Outer (visible) and the Inner (hidden) (Quran 57:3) and the creation of universe as per Bible (Genesis creation), this paper adopts a philosophical and hermeneutic approach that resists scientific concordism while allowing for conceptual resonance. Rather than treating revelation as a source of empirical prediction, scriptural metaphysics is approached as offering an interpretive framework in which time, space, and order are contingent dimensions within a deeper narrative unity. By placing quantum cosmology and scriptural metaphysics in constructive dialogue, the study argues that modern physics does not render spiritual cosmologies obsolete but instead reopens the question of meaning at the foundations of reality. Scientific inquiry clarifies how the universe behaves, while Quranic or Biblical and scriptural perspectives illuminate why such an ordered yet mysterious cosmos may be understood as intelligible, purposeful, and narratively coherent.