The Creation of the Heavens and the Earth in Six Days
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Question:
What is the ruling on this statement that Allah created the heavens in six days? For example, he says: Do you want me to complete the transaction in a day and a night?
Answer:
The meaning is correct; the meaning is correct. He means that matters require deliberation in order to manage the work properly. Allah, who is capable of doing all things, is able to create the heavens and the earth in an instant. And yet, it was in six days. This is part of the perfection of creation. This is part of the perfection of creation.
And the ordering of the creation: the creation of the earth[Fussilat 41:9] O [Fussilat 41:9-10] so He created it in two days, and the provision of its sustenance in two days. What is the total? Four days. [Al-Baqarah 2:29] He rose, Glorified and Exalted is He, and ascended. [Fussilat 41:11-12] Add two days to four days; how many is that? Six days. And He is capable of creating it in a single moment.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
What is the ruling on this statement that Allah created the heavens in six days? For example, he says: Do you want me to complete the transaction in a day and a night?
Answer:
The meaning is correct; the meaning is correct. He means that matters require deliberation in order to manage the work properly. Allah, who is capable of doing all things, is able to create the heavens and the earth in an instant. And yet, it was in six days. This is part of the perfection of creation. This is part of the perfection of creation.
And the ordering of the creation: the creation of the earth
Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds."
قُلْ(9) Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds." (10) And He placed on the earth firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction - for [the information] of those who ask.
أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ أَندَادًا ذَٰلِكَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ مِن فَوْقِهَا وَبَارَكَ فِيهَا وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَا أَقْوَاتَهَا فِي أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍThen He directed Himself to the heaven
ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ(11) Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly." (12) And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْضِ ائْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا قَالَتَا أَتَيْنَا طَائِعِينَ فَقَضَاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ فِي يَوْمَيْنِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
تفسير الشيخ محمد بن عبدالوهاب [8] — alfawzan.live (1:16:16)
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