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...contd..Through out the ages, various civilizations, philosophers and religions have touched on the concept of time. Vedic scriptures of the Hindu civilization, in the Puranas and Ithihasas describe time as cyclic, i.e. it is endless. Plato and Pythagoras of Europe had similar notion of time. With the advent of Judeo-Christian civilisation, the linear time became prominent.The Arabic concept of dahr, or endless time, also corresponds to the Greek concept of aion, which was personified and given power over human life.  Both represent a cyclical concept of time which proceeds continuously, irreversibly affecting human fates, as per research done by Georges Tamer, M.S. Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies, The Ohio State University.  Modern Science shares the linear concept of time.   http://www.nchtuk.org/content.php?id=68.   Time in the Qur'an is an interesting concept and reality per .Irshaad Hussain."Meta-historical religion :In the Qur'an, the key "events" which determine man's metaphysical makeup all take place outside the flow of time as we know it. They take place in a different plane of existence than this material plane - in a "trans-historical" or "meta-historical" plane, where time has a different flow and flux so that the relation of that world to this must be viewed as a hierarchical rather than a linear relationship.

One of these events is the creation of Adam and the teaching of the names to him. The Qur'an says, "...Thy Lord said unto the angels: lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire, And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down before him prostrate....And We taught Adam the names (realities) of all things...." (Qur'an 38:72...) These events take place outside of the flow of history as we understand it. They are metaphysical, rather than exclusively physical in nature. They are metaphysical answers to the question "What is man? What is contained in his essential nature and what is his potential?"......http://www.islamfrominside.com/Pages/Articles/The%20concept%20of%20time%20in%20the%20Quran.html

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Time is still or perpetual, what is its speed, if any? Is it horizontal, vertical, circular, dimensional or static? How is one going to measure it - by a clock, movement of the sun, moon, stars and planets, or by the passing seasons. Or is one going to measure by the cry of a newborn, laughter of a toddler, giggling of a teenager, a sweet voice of a lady, crackling voice of the grandmother or the silence in the room..
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