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3633 Cf. x. 3. n. 1386. Allah created the World as we see it in six great Stages. But after the initial creation, He is still in
authority and directs and controls all affairs. He has not delegated His powers to others, and Himself retired. Also see
vii. 54. (32.4)
41:9 - Say: Is it that ye Deny Him Who created the earth in two Days? And do ye join equals with
Him? He is the Lord of (all) the Worlds. 4470
4470 This is a difficult passage, describing the primal creation of our physical earth and the physical heavens around us. If
we count the two Days mentioned in this verse, the four Days mentioned in verse 10, and the two Days mentioned in
verse 12, we get a total of eight Days, while in many passages the creation is stated to have taken place in six Days:
see vii. 54, n. 1031; and xxxii. 4, n. 3632. The Commentators understand the "four Days" in verse 10 to include the
two Days in verse 9, so that the total for the universe comes to six Days. This is reasonable, because the processes
described in verses 9 and 10 form really one series. In the one case it is the creation of the formless matter of the
earth; in the other case it is the gradual evolution of the form of the earth, its mountains and seas, and its animal and
vegetable life, with the "nourishment in due proportion", proper to each. Cf. also xv. 19-20. (41.9)
41:10 - He set on the (earth) Mountains standing firm high above it and bestowed blessings on the earth and
measured therein all things to give them nourishment in due proportion in four Days in accordance with
(the needs of) those who seek (sustenance). 447144724473
4471 Cf. xiii. 3 and xvi. 15, n. 2038. High above it: the highest mountains are 29,000 feet above sea-level, and the lowest
depths of the bottom of the ocean are 31,600 feet below sea-level, so that the vertical difference between the highest
and lowest points on the solid crust of the earth is about 11-1/2 miles. The highland areas are the main sources of the
water-supply in all the regions of the earth, and vegetable and animal life depends on water-supply. (41.10)
4472 See n. 4470 above. (41.10)
4473 Sa-ilin may mean either (1) those who seek, or (2) those who ask or enquire. If the former meaning is adopted, the
clause means that everything is apportioned to the needs and appetites of Allah's creatures. If the latter, it means that
the needs of enquirers are sufficiently met by what is stated here. (41.10)
50:38 - We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days nor did any sense
of weariness touch Us. 497549764977
4975 Allah's creation of the heavens and the earth in long stages or periods of time, as we count time, shows how things
evolve in their own good time. We must therefore be patient if Good does not seem to come to its own according to
our ideas. Our will should merge itself in Allah's Will, and we should praise Him, realising that He is All-Good, and that
all adjustments will be in the Hereafter. (50.38)
4976 Cf. vii. 54, n. 1031; and xli. 12. n. 4477. (50.38)
4977 Cf. xxxv. 35. (50.38)
57:4- He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days and is moreover firmly established on the
Throne (of authority). He knows what enters within the earth and what comes forth out of it what comes
down from heaven and what mounts up to it. And He is with you wheresoever ye may be. And Allah
sees well all that ye do. 527752785279
5277 "In six Days": see xli. 9-12, and notes; also more briefly, n. 1031 to vii. 54. (57.4)
5278 Cf. x. 3, and n. 1386. It is not that Allah completed His Creation in six days and rested on the seventh day, or rests
now. Certain external forms of the universe were by Allah's Command completed in six periods of evolution. But His
creative process still goes on, and He is still, and will always be, in full control, knowing all and guiding all affairs.
(57.4)
5279 Allah watches over man and observes his deeds. His knowledge comprehends all, the earth, heavens, what is in them
or above them or whatever is in between them, comes out of them or goes into them, for "not a leaf doth fall but with
His knowledge", and "there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or
withered), but is inscribed in a Record". (vi. 59). (57.4)
SKIN TREMBLE:
39:23 - Allah has revealed (from time to time) the most beautiful message in the form of a Book
consistent with itself (Yet) repeating (its teaching in various aspects): the skins of those who
fear their Lord tremble thereat; then their skins and their hearts do soften to the celebration of
Allah's praises. Such is the guidance of Allah: He guides therewith whom He pleases but
such as Allah leaves to stray can have none to guide. 4276427742784279
4276 Is Mutashabih here to be understood in the same sense as in iii. 7? See n. 347. The better opinion is that there is a
slightly different shade of meaning here, as suggested by the context. In the earlier passage, it was opposed to
Muhkam: here it is contrasted or compared to Mathani. The root meaning is: 'having something similar; working by
analogy or allegory, or parable; having its parts consistent with each other'. The last meaning I adopt here. The Qur-
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