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back the tribe of Israel from you, when you ens and the earth with truth? If He wished He
brought them the Clear Signs and those of them could eliminate you and bring about a new cre-
who disbelieved said, "This is nothing but down- ation. (14:19)
right magic";’ (5:110) We did not create the heavens and earth and
She pointed towards him. They said, ‘How can a everything between them, except with truth. The
baby in the cradle speak?’ (19:29) Hour is certainly coming, so turn away gra-
It is He Who made the earth a cradle for you and ciously. (15:85)
threaded pathways for you through it and sent He created the heavens and the earth with truth.
down water from the sky by which We have He is exalted above anything they associate with
brought forth various different types of plants. Him. (16:3)
(20:53) Do those who disbelieve not see that the heavens
It is He Who made the earth a cradle for you and and the earth were sewn together and then We
made pathways for you in it so that hopefully you unstitched them and that We made from water
would be guided. (43:10) every living thing? So will they not believe?
(21:30)
CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE He Who created the heavens and the earth and
He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. everything in between them in six days, and then
How could He have a son when He has no wife? established Himself firmly on the Throne; the All-
He created all things and He has knowledge of Merciful–ask anyone who is informed about
all things. (6:101) Him. (25:59)
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and Allah created the heavens and the earth with
the earth in six days and then settled Himself truth. There is certainly a Sign in that for the be-
firmly on the Throne. He covers the day with the lievers. (29:44)
night, each pursuing the other urgently; and the Have they not reflected within themselves? Allah
sun and moon and stars are subservient to His did not create the heavens and the earth and
command. Both creation and command belong everything between them except with truth and
to Him. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the for a fixed term. Yet many people reject the meet-
worlds. (7:54) ing with their Lord. (30:8)
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and Allah is He Who created the heavens and the
the earth in six days and then established Himself earth and everything between them in six days
firmly on the Throne. He directs the whole affair. and then established Himself firmly upon the
No one can intercede except with His permis- Throne. You have no protector or intercessor
sion. That is Allah your Lord, so worship Him. apart from Him. So will you not pay heed? (32:4)
Will you not pay heed? (10:3) He created the heavens and the earth with truth.
It is He Who appointed the sun to give radiance, He wraps the night around the day and wraps the
and the moon to give light, assigning it phases so day around the night, and has made the sun and
you would know the number of years and the moon subservient, each one running for a speci-
reckoning of time. Allah did not create these fied term. Is He not indeed the Almighty, the
things except with truth. We make the Signs clear Endlessly Forgiving? (39:5)
for people who know. (10:5) Then He turned to heaven when it was smoke
It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in and said to it and to the earth, ‘Come willingly or
six days when His Throne was on the water, in unwillingly.’ They both said, ‘We come will-
order to test which of you has the best actions. If ingly.’ (41:11)
you say, ‘You will be raised up after death,’ those In two days He determined them as seven heav-
who disbelieve will say, ‘This is nothing but ens and revealed, in every heaven, its own man-
downright magic.’ (11:7) date. We adorned the lowest heaven with lamps
Do you not see that Allah has created the heav- and guarded it. That is the decree of the
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