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other of us, either we or you, is following guid- If you ask them, ‘Who created the heavens and
ance or else clearly astray.’ (34:24) the earth?’ they will say, ‘Allah.’ Say: ‘So what do
Praise be to Allah, the Bringer into Being of the you think? If Allah desires harm for me, can those
heavens and earth, He Who made the angels you call upon besides Allah remove His harm?
messengers, with wings–two, three or four. He Or if He desires mercy for me, can they withhold
adds to creation in any way He wills. Allah has His mercy?’ Say: ‘Allah is enough for me. All
power over all things. (35:1) those who truly trust put their trust in Him.’
Allah knows the Unseen of the heavens and (39:38)
earth. Allah knows what the heart contains. Say: ‘Intercession is entirely Allah’s affair. The
(35:38) kingdom of the heavens and earth is His. Then
Say: ‘Have you thought about your partner gods, you will be returned to Him.’ (39:44)
those you call upon besides Allah? Show me Say: ‘O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the
what they have created of the earth; or do they earth, Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, You
have a partnership in the heavens?’ Have We will judge between Your servants regarding what
given them a Book whose Clear Signs they fol- they differed about.’ (39:46)
low? No indeed! The wrongdoers promise each The keys of the heavens and earth belong to
other nothing but delusion. (35:40) Him. It is those who reject Allah’s Signs who are
Allah keeps a firm hold on the heavens and the losers. (39:63)
earth, preventing them from vanishing away. They do not measure Allah with His true meas-
And if they vanished no one could then keep ure. The whole earth will be a mere handful for
hold of them. Certainly He is Most Forbearing, Him on the Day of Rising the heavens folded up
Ever-Forgiving. (35:41) in His right hand. Glory be to Him! He is exalted
Have they not travelled in the land and seen the above the partners they ascribe! (39:67)
final fate of those before them? They were far The Trumpet will be blown and those in the
greater than them in strength. Allah cannot be heavens and those in the earth will all lose con-
withstood in any way, either in the heavens or on sciousness, except those Allah wills. Then it will
earth. He is All-Knowing, All-Powerful. (35:44) be blown a second time and at once they will be
Does He Who created the heavens and earth not standing upright, looking on. (39:68)
have the power to create the same again? Yes in- Pharaoh said, ‘Haman, build me a tower so that
deed! He is the Creator, the All-Knowing. (36:81) perhaps I may gain means of access, access to
Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything the heavens, so that I can look on Musa’s God.
between them; Lord of the Easts. (37:5) Truly I think he is a liar.’ That is how Pharaoh’s
Or does the kingdom of the heavens and earth evil actions were made attractive to him and he
and everything between them belong to them? debarred others from the Path. Pharaoh’s schem-
Let them, in that case, climb the ropes to heaven! ing led to nothing but ruin. (40:36-37)
(38:10) The creation of the heavens and earth is far
Say: ‘I am only a warner. There is no god except greater than the creation of mankind. But most of
Allah, the One, the All-Conquering, Lord of the mankind do not know it. (40:57)
heavens and the earth and everything between In two days He determined them as seven heav-
them, the Almighty, the Endlessly Forgiving.’ ens and revealed, in every heaven, its own man-
(38:65-66) date. We adorned the lowest heaven with lamps
He created the heavens and the earth with truth. and guarded it. That is the decree of the
He wraps the night around the day and wraps the Almighty, the All-Knowing. (41:12)
day around the night, and has made the sun and Everything in the heavens and everything in the
moon subservient, each one running for a speci- earth belongs to Him. He is the Most High, the
fied term. Is He not indeed the Almighty, the Magnificent. (42:4)
Endlessly Forgiving? (39:5) The heavens are all but rent asunder from above
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