Riding on a Cosmic String

[AtheistPhil]

From these hadiths, we learn that the bridge is thin, sharp, and has hooks on it. Everyone has to go on a journey on top of this bridge and they have to make it all the way to the end of the bridge to go to Heaven. Below the bridge is Hell. So, whoever falls down from the bridge will enter Hell. Some people will get scratched by the hooks on the bridge according to their deeds (which will make it harder for them to stay on the bridge). Some of them will be cut into pieces and fall down into Hell. Others will cross the bridge as fast lightning without getting any damage from the hooks.

"It is said that it is as thin as a hair"

Do you notice that every word in bold are all macroscopic, common, material concepts located in a 3 dimension space. The scene described here to define the concept of "As-Sirāt" could be easily painted for example.

Cosmic strings are hypothetical 1-dimensional (spatially) topological defects which may have formed during a symmetry breaking phase transition in the early universe when the topology of the vacuum manifold associated to this symmetry breaking is not simply connected.

On the other hand, we have here a hypothetical "object" based on mathematical concepts, and impossible to paint.

Cosmic strings are said to be thinner than the nucleus of an atom.

This seems in contradiction with the definition on wikipedia...

Similarities between the Bridge and a cosmic string
1. They are both strings which are long and narrower than the width of a hair.
2. The bridge will have hooks on the sides. Cosmic strings also has what physicists call “cusps” and “kinks” on them which are sharp and pointed ends on a cosmic string.
3. Some people will cross the bridge as fast as lightning. Similarly, objects that get attached to a cosmic string can also travel at extremely fast speeds.

1. cosmic strings are 1-dimensional...so no width....
2.cusp: In the mathematical theory of singularities a cusp is a type of singular point of a curve. Cusps are local singularities in that they are not formed by self intersection points of the curve.
hook: curved piece of metal or other material by which things are hung or attached.
3.Where exactly did you justify that "objects that get attached to a cosmic string can also travel at extremely fast speeds." ? And knowing that cosmic strings are 1 dimensional I have doubts about "conventional 3-dimensional objects" traveling on those, and I'm not even talking about humans...



Cosmic strings aren't described as actual strings, it's named "strings" to be easily imagined in one's mind, but these "objects" are conceptually as far away as possible from the macroscopic 3-dimensional concepts of "bridge", "chair", "car",etc...
On the other hand, "As-Sirāt" is based solely on macroscopic human concepts: it's a "bridge" and "hair narrow", "sharp as a knife",etc...
This is why equating both makes no sense.

This fundamental error is the basis for a lot of the so called Scientific Miracles in the Qur'an.


Also, I agree with Chuck. Your actual knowledge of cosmic strings seems rather low.