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exactly suited to a given end or object: hence the title Musawwir, Fashioner for this shows the completion
of the visible stage of creation. (59.24)
5408 Thus the argument of the Sura is rounded off on the same note as was struck at the beginning lix. 1. The first verse
and the last verse of the Sura are the same, except as regards the tense of the verb sabbaha. In the first verse it is
the optative form of the preterite sabbaha: everything declares the Glory of Allah! After the illustrations given, the
declaratory form of the aorist is appropriate, yusabbihu: "everything doth declare the Glory of Allah'. (59.24)
57:22 - No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a decree before We
bring it into existence: that is truly easy for Allah: 53085309
46:3 - We created not the heavens and the earth and all between them but for just ends and for a
term appointed: but those who reject Faith turn away from that whereof they are warned. 4776
4776 Cf. xlv. 22. Many things may appear to us in the present world as strange and inexplicable. But everything made by
Allah has a just purpose which must be fulfilled. Nothing in this world is permanent: everything is for an appointed
term. The Word of Allah alone abides. All else will pass away after it has fulfilled its purpose. But Unbelievers refuse to
face the danger of which they are warned. (46.3)
44:39 - We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
42:11 - (He is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth: He has made for you pairs from among
yourselves and pairs among cattle: by this means does He multiply you: there is nothing
whatever like unto Him and He is the One that hears and sees (all things). 4539
4539 The mystery of sex has not only its physical aspects, but its moral and spiritual aspects, and therefore mankind is in
this respect differentiated from the lower animals, and among mankind the grades and qualities are suggested by the
phrase "from among yourselves". As regards cattle, they are specially mentioned among the animals, as having
special relations with man and specially subserving his needs, not only in the physical sphere, but also in the matter of
transport, which is the key to all civilization and culture: Cf. xxxvi. 71-73; also xxiii. 21-22, where they are compared to
ships, the symbol of international intercourse. (42.11)
36:82 - Verily when He intends a thing His command is "Be" and it is! 4028
32:7 - He Who has made everything which He has created most Good. He began the creation of
man with (nothing more than) clay 36363637
3636 Allah's creation in itself is good: it is beautiful, in proper proportions, and adapted for the functions it has to perform.
There is no evil or disorder in it. Such evil or disorder as creeps in is due to man's will (as far as the world of man is
concerned), and spiritual Teaching is directed to train and cure that will and bring it into conformity
with the Universal Order and Plan. (32.7)
3637 Man is asked to contemplate his own humble beginning. His material body (apart from life) is a piece of earth or clay,
which is another term for primeval matter. Matter is therefore the first stage, but even matter was not self-created. It
was created by Allah. (32.7)
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)
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)
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
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)
23:17 -And We have made above you seven tracts; and We are never unmindful of (Our) Creation.
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