The Ka'bah: Center of the Universe

Mujâhid narrated that the Prophet said, "The Sacred House (i.e. the Ka'bah) is in a central position between the seven Heavens and the seven Earths

Explanation of the Hadîth

This hadîth implies that the Ka'bah is located in a central position in the universe, emphasizing a fact that is repeatedly mentioned in the Qur'ân. The Qur'ân always refers to the earth as being opposite to the heavens, even though the earth is too small in comparison with the enormous size of the heaven. This could not be taken as an accurate statement unless the earth occupies a specific location at the center of the universe. This conclusion is verified by what is mentioned in the Qur'ân in more than twenty different verses about the space falling in between the heavens and the earth.
{' Al-Bayhaqi, Shu 'ab al-Imân, chapter "Akhbâr Makkah"}.
Allâh the Almighty says,(Lord of the Heavens and Earth and all that is between them...? (Ad-Dukhân: 7)
There could not be a space falling exactly between the heavens and the earth unless the earth is at the center of the universe.

Another evidence from the Qur'ân can be deduced from Sürat ar-Rahmân, where Allâh the Almighty says,
( assembly of jinn and mankind! If you have power to pass beyond the diameters of the heavens and the earth, then pass (them) But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allâh) Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny? (Ar-Rahmân: 33-34)
The diameter is a straight-line segment passing through the center of a figure, especially of a circle or sphere, and terminating at the periphery. Hence, the diameters of the heavens could not be exactly the same as the diameters of the earth unless the earth is at the center of these heavens.

All the seven earths' actually exist inside our earth, with the outer one (layer) enveloping the inner one and so on. The seven heavens on the other hand, are encompassing us, exactly coinciding round the center of the earth. The Honorable Ka'bah lies at the center of the first earth (i.e. the outer crust), and thus falling exactly in a central position opposite to the seven earths and the seven heavens.
' Reference is made here to the seven layers of our earth, going from the inner core to the outer crust.

These facts cannot be perceived by man, as the maximum knowledge he can gain is that related to a very small area of our nearest heaven (worldly sky). Even this small area is nnntinually avtondino that no matter hour man tries to develon his instruments to go beyond them, he finds the process beyond his perception. This is due to the fact that this part of the nearest heaven which he perceives is continually extending beyond his limited abilities.

We gained this knowledge only through the Glorious Qur'ân and the ahâdîth of the Prophet , that tell us that there are seven coinciding heavens and seven similar coinciding earths. Studying the inner structure of the earth has proved that there are seven layers, with the outer one enveloping the inner, and hence the seven heavens should be following the same pattern. Modern astronomical studies have proved through many mathematical evidences that our universe is oblique or sloping; an observation which proves that the seven heavens and the seven earths are coinciding round one center, which is the center of our earth, with the Sacred Ka'bah lying at the center of the outermost crust.

The scientific sign in the above-mentioned hadîth could now be clearly perceived.
The Prophet also said in another hadîth, "al-Bayt al-Ma'mûr (the inhabited house) lies exactly over Makkah". In another hadîth the Prophet , described it as being:
"A house in the seventh heaven, exactly above the Ka'bah, that if it falls down, it will fall exactly on it."
These ahâdîth are absolute proof of the Divine teaching received by Muhammad . Peace and Blessings of Allâh be upon the last of Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad and all his Companions and followers up until the Day of Resurrection.