Based on the scientific commentary of the Qur'an, which is somehow a new approach to the understanding of the Qur'an, one should understand a verse which contains a scientific matter in accordance with certain scientific discoveries, not with the hypotheses.
The astronomers believe that the heavens and the galaxies were created before the earth, while the Qur'an believes vice versa: "It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things." [1] Here a question may arise that is it possible to understand a verse of the Qur'an based on a hypothesis which is not proved yet, and moreover, there are other hypotheses which are against it? Almost all Quranic commentators believe that there are many verses which imply scientific matters, and these verses must be interpreted in the light of certain scientific discoveries not by the scientific hypotheses.
[1] Chapter 2, verse 29. هُوَ الَّذي خَلَقَ لَكُم ما فِي الأَرضِ جَميعًا ثُمَّ استَوىٰ إِلَى السَّماءِ فَسَوّاهُنَّ سَبعَ سَماواتٍ ۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ عَليمٌ
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