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1A similar message is conveyed in the Qur’an in 13:2, 35:13,

Space outside organized astronomical systems was

earlier assumed to be a vacuum. Astrophysicists

later discovered the presence of bridges of matter

in this interstellar space. These bridges of matter

are called plasma, and consist of completely ionized

gas containing equal number of free electrons and

positive ions. Plasma is sometimes called the fourth

state of matter (besides the three known states

viz. solid, liquid and gas). The Qur’an refers to

the presence of this interstellar material in the

following verse:

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