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SIX DAYS:
7:54 - Your guardian-Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six days and is firmly established o
the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil O'er the day each seeking the other in rapid succession
He created the sun the moon and the stars (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create an
to govern? Blessed be Allah the cherisher and sustainer of the worlds! 10311032
1031 A sublime verse, comparable to the Throne Verse ii. 255. As for the Creation in six days, in xxii. 47, we are told that a
Day in the sight of Allah is like a thousand years of our reckoning, and in lxx. 4, the comparison is with 50,000 of our
years. In the history of our material earth, we may reckon six great epochs of evolution. (7.54)
1032 Here, we are told of the creation of the heavens and the earth in six days. But lest we should be obsessed with the
Jewish idea that Allah rested on the seventh day, we are told that the Creation was but a prelude to Allah's work: for
His authority is exercised constantly by the laws which He establishes and enforces in all parts of His Creation. The
beautiful imagery of night and day seeking out each other in rapid succession is still further enforced in the Arabic by
the double accusative of the verb yugshi, showing the mutual interactions of the day and the night, each covering the
other in turn. The heavenly bodies show an order which is evidence of His constant care and government. Not only
that, but it is only He Who creates, maintains, and governs, and no one else. (7.54)
10:3 -Verily your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days and is firmly
established on the Throne (of authority) regulating and governing all things. No intercessor
(can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him
therefore serve ye: will ye not celebrate His praises? 138513861387
1385 See note 1031 to vii. 54. (10.3)
1386 Istawa, with the preposition ila after it, means He turned to or He directed Himself by His will to as in ii-29. With the
preposition 'ala after it, as here and in vii. 54 and elsewhere, the meaning seems to be "to mount or ascend," and to
be firmly established, to sit firm and unshaken, beyond question. "The Throne represents many ideas: e.g., (1) that
God is high above all His Creation; (2) that He regulates and governs it, as a king does, whose authority is
unquestionably recognised; (3) that He is not, therefore, like the gods of Greece, and paganism, who were imagined
to be in a world apart, careless of mankind, or jealous of mankind, but on the contrary. He (4) disposes of their affairs
and all affairs continuously and with justice; (5) that the authority of His prophets, ministers, and messengers is
derived from Him, and such intercession as they can make is by His will and permission. (10.3)
1387 Cf. vi. 80. (10.3)
11:7 - He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days and His Throne was over the
Waters that He might try you which of you is best in conduct. But if thou wert to say to them
"Ye shall indeed be raised up after death" the Unbelievers would be sure to say "This is
nothing but obvious sorcery!" 1501150215031504
1501 See n. 1031 to vii. 54. (11.7)
1502 It is scientifically correct to say that all life was evolved out of the waters, and this statement also occurs in the Qur-an,
xxi. 30. Some such meaning, I think, also attaches to the Gen. i. 2. The past tense "was" refers to the time before life
developed in solid forms, on land and in air. (11.7)
1503 The Creation we see around us is not idle sport or play (in Hindi, Lila) or whim on the part of Allah. It is the medium
through which our spiritual life is to develop, with such free-will as we have. This life is our testing time. (11.7)
1504 The Unbelievers, who do not believe in a Future life, think all talk of it is like a sorcerer's talk, empty of reality. But in
this they show their ignorance, and they are begging the question. (11.7)
25:59 - He Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between in six days and is firmly
established on the Throne (of authority): Allah Most Gracious: ask thou then about Him of any
acquainted (with such things). 311731183119
3117 Cf. vii. 54 and n. 1031. (25.59)
3118 See n. 1386 to x. 3. (25.59)
3119 The argument is about the question, in whom shall we put our trust? Worldly men put their trust in wordly things: the
righteous man only in Allah. The true distinction will be quite clear from a ray of divine knowledge. If you do not see it
all clearly, ask of those who possess such knowledge. (25.59)
32:4 - It is Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth and all between them in six Days and
is firmly established on the Throne (of authority): ye have none besides Him to protect or
intercede (for you): will ye not then receive admonition? 36323633
3632 Six Days: See n. 1031 to vii. 54. The "Day" does not mean a day as we reckon it, viz., one apparent course of the sun
round the earth, for it refers to conditions which began before the earth and the sun were created. In verse 5 below, a
Day is compared to a thousand years of our reckoning, and in lxx. 4 to 50,000 years. These figures "as we reckon"
have no relation to "timeless Time", and must be taken to mean very long Periods, or Ages, or Aeons. See further xli.
9-12, and notes. (32.4)
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