The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times, Issue #22, September 2014 | Page 8

A Flat Universe
by Ahmad al Hassan (a.s)

In the name of Allah, the
Abundantly Merciful, the
Intensely Merciful. Praise be to
Allah, Lord of the worlds. May
the peace, mercy, and blessings
of Allah be upon you. I ask Allah
for you to be well and in good
health.
Noor Ala Noor wrote:
May the peace, mercy and
blessings of Allah be upon you.
A question, please: If the
universe is flat, why does
everything appear spherical in
pictures? Also, Einstein proved
that the shortest distance
between two points is not a
straight line, but a curve that

bends at a certain angle. With
sincere thanks.
Answer: If the curvature of the
universe is zero, that doesn’t
mean it is two-dimensional. It is
a universe that has three spatial
dimensions that are visible to
us and the dimension of time is
added to them. Therefore, it is
at least four-dimensional. So if
it is flat, that doesn’t prevent a
mass of objects within it from
causing a bend of its inner
fabric or of the fabric of its four
dimensions. Anyway, this issue
is detailed in The Atheism
Delusion and here is an excerpt
I am conveying from it. You can