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4248 His Power is equalled by His Mercy. Who can there be like unto Him? (39.5)
39:6 - He created you (all) from a single person: then created of like nature his mate; and He sent
down for you eight head of cattle in pairs: He makes you in the wombs of your mothers in
stages one after another in three veils of darkness. Such is Allah your Lord and Cherisher: to
Him belongs (all) dominion. There is no god but He: then how are ye turned away (from your
true Center)? 42494250425142524253
4250 See vi. 143-4, where four kinds of cattle are mentioned in pairs in connection with certain Arab superstitions which are
there condemned. Here the, same four kinds are mentioned as representative of domesticated cattle given by Allah as
useful to man. These are sheep, goats, camels, and oxen. In Arab idiom the horse is not included among "cattle". For
the wisdom and goodness of Allah in granting man dominion over cattle, see xxxvi. 71-73. (39.6)
4251 See xxii. 5, where the gradual physical growth of man in several successive stages is mentioned as one of the Signs
of Allah's creative Power and cherishing care. (39.6)
4252 The three veils of darkness which cover the unborn child are: the caul or membrane, the
womb, and the hollow in which the womb is enclosed. (39.6)
4253 It is clear that you owe your very existence and your maintenance, growth, and preservation, to Allah; How is it that
you are turned away by chance things from Him? (39.6)
40:57 - Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is a greater (matter) than the creation
of men: Yet most men understand not. 4431
4431 The heavens and the earth include mankind and all other creatures and millions of stars. Man is himself but a tiny part
of creation. Why should he be so ego-centric? The whole is greater than a tiny part of it. And Allah Who created the
whole of the Worlds is able to do much more wonderful things than can enter the imagination of man. Why should
man be arrogant and doubt the Resurrection, and take upon himself to doubt the possibility of Allah's Revelation? It is
only because he has made himself blind. See next verse. (40.57
45:22 - Allah created the heavens and the earth for just ends and in order that each soul may find
the recompense of what it has earned and none of them be wronged. 4760
4760 Cf. xliv. 38-39, and n. 4717. The government of the world is so ordered that each soul gets every chance for its full
development, and it reaps the fruit of all its activities. If it breaks away from Allah's Grace, it suffers, but no injustice is
done to anyone: on the contrary Allah's Bounty is always beyond man's deserts. (45.22)
51:56 - I have only created jinns and men that they may serve Me. 5032
5032 Creation is not for idle sport or play: xxi. 16. Allah has a serious Purpose behind it, which, in our imperfect state, we
can only express by saying that each creature is given the chance of development and progress towards the Goal,
which is Allah. Allah is the source and centre of all power and all goodness, and our progress depends upon our
putting ourselves into accord with His Will. This is His service. It is not of any benefit to Him: see the next two verses:
it is for our own benefit. (51.56)
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)
64:3 - He has created the heavens and the earth in just proportions and has given you shape and
made your shapes beautiful: and to Him is the final Goal. 54815482
5481 Cf. xl. 64, and n. 4440: also vii. 11 and n. 996. In addition to the beauty and grandeur of all God's Creation, He has
endowed man with special aptitudes, faculties and capacities, and special excellencies which raise him at his best to
the position of vicegerent on earth. "Beautiful" also includes the idea of "adapted to the ends for which they were
created". (64.3)
5482 "The final Return": not only of mankind, but of all things created, whether material or in the realm of ideas and events.
All things return to Allah: as they derive their origin from Him, so is the return or destination of all of them to Allah.
(64.3)
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