A question concerning the creation of the heavens and the earth?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. In His saying, the Exalted: [Fussilat 41:9] Then He said: And this implies that the creation of the heavens came after the creation of the earth. And He said in Surat al-Nazi'at: [An-Nazi'at 79:27-30] And the earth after that He spread out. So He made the creation of the earth after the creation of the heavens.
The Shaykh : He made the creation of the earth after the creation of the heavens?! I am addressing one who is asking, and if you have knowledge, let your knowledge be with you until the research is complete.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. It does not explicitly state the creation of the earth, but He said:.
The Shaykh : What do you understand by the word "spread out" (daha)?
The questioner : I do not know the meaning of "spread out" (daha) for real.
The Shaykh : Read what comes after it.
The questioner :[An-Nazi'at 79:30-31].
The Shaykh : So this is the spreading out; this is the correct meaning of the spreading out. Thus, the creation of the earth and the establishment of the mountains in it came before the creation of the heavens. As for the spreading out that made the earth prepared with all its benefits, and the bringing forth of its water and its pasture, that came after that.
The questioner : But May Allah reward you, there is still a difficulty. You interpreted the spreading out as bringing forth from it its water and its pasture, and He established the mountains. This is the meaning of the verse.
The Shaykh : No, this is independent.
The questioner : is independent.
The Shaykh : Meaning, and He established it for the mountains.
Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days
إنكم لتكفرون بالذي خلق الأرض في يومينThen He rose above the heaven
ثم استوى إلى السماء(27) Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it. (28) He raised its ceiling and proportioned it. (29) And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness. (30) And after that He spread the earth.
أأنتم أشد خلقا أم السماء بناها رفع سمكها فسواها وأغطش ليلها وأخرج ضحاها والأرض بعد ذلك دحاهاThe Shaykh : He made the creation of the earth after the creation of the heavens?! I am addressing one who is asking, and if you have knowledge, let your knowledge be with you until the research is complete.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. It does not explicitly state the creation of the earth, but He said:
And the earth, after that, He spread it out
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاهاThe Shaykh : What do you understand by the word "spread out" (daha)?
The questioner : I do not know the meaning of "spread out" (daha) for real.
The Shaykh : Read what comes after it.
The questioner :
(30) And after that He spread the earth. (31) He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها أخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها والجبال أرساهاThe Shaykh : So this is the spreading out; this is the correct meaning of the spreading out. Thus, the creation of the earth and the establishment of the mountains in it came before the creation of the heavens. As for the spreading out that made the earth prepared with all its benefits, and the bringing forth of its water and its pasture, that came after that.
The questioner : But May Allah reward you, there is still a difficulty. You interpreted the spreading out as bringing forth from it its water and its pasture, and He established the mountains. This is the meaning of the verse.
The Shaykh : No, this is independent.
The questioner :
And the mountains, He has anchored them
والجبال أرساهاThe Shaykh : Meaning, and He established it for the mountains.