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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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