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<h2>Some Details of the Creation of this Universe Here</h2><p>Allah denounces the idolators who worship other gods apart from Him although He is the Creator, Subduer and Controller of all things. He says:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">قُلْ أَءِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِى خَلَقَ الاٌّرْضَ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ أَندَاداً</div><p>(Say: "Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days And you set up rivals with Him") meaning, `false gods whom you worship alongside Him'</p><div class="arabic uthmani">ذَلِكَ رَبُّ الْعَـلَمِينَ</div><p>(That is the Lord of the that exists.) the Creator of all things is the Lord of all the creatures. Here the Ayah;</p><div class="arabic uthmani">خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ</div><p>(Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days) (7:54). is explained in more detail; the creation of the earth and the creation of the heaven are discussed separately. Allah says that He created the earth first, because it is the foundation, and the foundation should be built first, then the roof. Allah says elsewhere:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">هُوَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى الاٌّرْضِ جَمِيعاً ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى إِلَى السَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَاتٍ</div><p>(He it is Who created for you all that is on the earth. Then He rose over (Istawa ila) the heaven and made them seven heavens) (2:29). With regard to the Ayat:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">أَءَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّمَآءُ بَنَـهَا - رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا - وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَـهَا - وَالاٌّرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَحَـهَا - أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَـهَا - وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَـهَا - مَتَـعاً لَّكُمْ وَلاًّنْعَـمِكُمْ </div><p>(Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed He raised its height, and has perfected it. Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light). And after that He spread the earth, And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture. And the mountains He has fixed firmly, (to be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.) (79:27-33) This Ayah states that the spreading out of the earth came after the creation of the heavens, but the earth itself was created before the heavens according to some texts. This was the response of Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, as recorded by Al-Bukhari in his Tafsir of this Ayah in his Sahih. He recorded that Sa`id bin Jubayr said: "A man said to Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, saying: `I find some things in the Qur'an which confuse me:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَلاَ أَنسَـبَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلاَ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ</div><p>(There will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another) (23:101),</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ </div><p>(And they will turn to one another and question one another) (37:27),</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَلاَ يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثاً</div><p>(but they will never be able to hide a single fact from Allah) (4:42),</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَاللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ</div><p>(By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others in worship with Allah) (6:23) But in this Ayah they did hide something. And Allah says:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">أَءَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّمَآءُ بَنَـهَا </div><p>(Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed) until;</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَالاٌّرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَحَـهَا </div><p>(And after that He spread the earth.) (79:27-30) So He mentioned the creation of the heavens before the earth, then He said:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">قُلْ أَءِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِى خَلَقَ الاٌّرْضَ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ</div><p>(Say: "Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days...") until;</p><div class="arabic uthmani">طَآئِعِينَ</div><p>(We come willingly.) Here He mentioned the creation of the earth before the creation of the heavens. And He says:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُوراً رَّحِيماً</div><p>(verily, Allah (Kana) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful) (4:23).</p><div class="arabic uthmani">عَزِيزاً حَكِيماً</div><p>(Most Powerful, All-Wise) (4:56).</p><div class="arabic uthmani">سَمِيعاً بَصِيراً</div><p>(All-Hearer, All-Seer) (4:58). It is as if He was and is no longer.' Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, replied:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَلاَ أَنسَـبَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلاَ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ</div><p>(There will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another) (23:101), this will happen when the Trumpet is blown for the first time.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَصَعِقَ مَن فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَمَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ إِلاَّ مَن شَآءَ اللَّهُ</div><p>(And all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth will swoon away, except him whom Allah wills) (39:68), and at that time there will be no kinship among them, nor will they ask of one another. Then when the Sur will be blown again,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ </div><p>(And they will turn to one another and question one another) (37:27). With regard to the Ayat,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَاللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ</div><p>(By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others in worship with Allah) (6:23) and</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَلاَ يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثاً</div><p>(but they will never be able to hide a single fact from Allah) (4:42), Allah will forgive the sincere believers their sins, then the idolators will say, `Let us say that we never joined others in worship with Allah.' Then a seal will be placed over their mouths, and their hands will speak. Then it will be known that not a single fact can be hidden from Allah, and at that point,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ</div><p>(those who disbelieved will wish) (4:42). Allah created the earth in two days, then He created the heavens, then He (Istawa ila) the heaven and gave it its shape in two more days. Then He spread the earth, which means that He brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture. And He created the mountains, sands, inanimate things, rocks and hills and everything in between, in two more days. This is what Allah says:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">دَحَـهَا</div><p>((He) spread (the earth)) (79:30) And Allah's saying:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">خَلَقَ الاٌّرْضَ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ</div><p>((He) created the earth in two Days) So He created the earth and everything in it in four days, and He created the heavens in two days.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُوراً رَّحِيماً</div><p>(verily, Allah (Kana) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful) (4:23). This is how He described Himself, and this is how He still is. Whatever Allah wills comes to pass, so do not be confused about the Qur'an, for all of it comes from Allah."' This was recorded by Al-Bukhari.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">خَلَقَ الاٌّرْضَ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ</div><p>((He) created the earth in two Days) means, on Sunday and Monday.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَاسِىَ مِن فَوْقِهَا وَبَـرَكَ فِيهَا</div><p>(He placed therein firm mountains from above it, and He blessed it,) means, He blessed it and gave it the potential to be planted with seeds and bring forth produce.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَآ أَقْوَتَهَا</div><p>(And measured therein its sustenance) means, what its people need of provision and places in which to plant things and grow crops. This was on Tuesday and Wednesday, which together with the two previous days add up to four days.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فِى أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَوَآءً لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ</div><p>(in four Days equal for all those who ask.) meaning, for those who want to ask about that, so that they might know. `Ikrimah and Mujahid said concerning the Ayah:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَآ أَقْوَتَهَا</div><p>(and measured therein its sustenance): "He placed in every land that which is not suited for any other land." Ibn `Abbas, Qatadah and As-Suddi said, concerning the Ayah,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">سَوَآءً لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ</div><p>(equal for all those who ask): this means, "For whoever wants to ask about that." Ibn Zayd said:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَآ أَقْوَتَهَا فِى أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَوَآءً لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ</div><p>(and measured therein its sustenance in four Days equal for all those who ask. ) "According to whatever a person who is need of provision wants, Allah measures out for him what he needs." This is like what they said concerning the Ayah:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَآتَاكُم مِّن كُلِّ مَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُ</div><p>(And He gave you of all that you asked for) (14:34). And Allah knows best.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى إِلَى السَّمَآءِ وَهِىَ دُخَانٌ</div><p>(Then He rose over (Istawa ila) towards the heaven when it was smoke,) i.e., steam which arose from it when the earth was created.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلاٌّرْضِ ائْتِيَا طَوْعاً أَوْ كَرْهاً</div><p>(and said to it and to the earth: "Come both of you willingly or unwillingly.") meaning, `respond to My command and be subjected to this action, willingly or unwillingly.'</p><div class="arabic uthmani">قَالَتَآ أَتَيْنَا طَآئِعِينَ</div><p>(They both said: "We come willingly.") meaning, `we will respond to You willingly and everything that You want to create in us -- angels, Jinn and men -- will all be obedient to You.'</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَقَضَاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ</div><p>(Then He completed and finished their creation (as) seven heavens in two Days) means, He finished forming them as seven heavens in two more days, which were Thursday and Friday.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَأَوْحَى فِى كُلِّ سَمَآءٍ أَمْرَهَا</div><p>(and He decreed in each heaven its affair. ) means, He placed in each heaven whatever it needs of angels and things which are known only unto Him.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَزَيَّنَّا السَّمَآءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَـبِيحَ</div><p>(And We adorned the nearest (lowest) heaven with lamps) means, the stars and planets which shine on the people of the earth.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَحِفْظاً</div><p>(as well as to guard.) means, as protection against the Shayatin, lest they listen to the angels on high.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">ذَلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ</div><p>(Such is the Decree of Him, the Almighty, the All-Knower) means, the Almighty Who has subjugated all things to His control, the All-Knower Who knows all the movements of His creatures.</p>