What is the validity of the statement by some scholars that the wisdom behind the creation of the heavens and the earth in six days is to teach people gradualism in rulings?
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The questioner : Shaykh, how valid is the statement by some that the wisdom behind Allah (Mighty and Majestic) creating the six heavens... the heavens and the earth in six days is that He teaches the believing servants gradualism in rulings...
The Shaykh : Yes, this may be one of the wisdoms. That is, a person may deduce the wisdom from what is apparent, because Allah is able to create them in an instant with a single word. But the scholars said: "Indeed, Allah the Exalted taught His servants deliberation and precision, and that precision is more important than justice"
And the naturalists also said that these creatures have causes that develop, just as a fetus develops in the womb. These causes interacted and interacted until they became heavens and earth, and this period requires length. Therefore, they interpret the days as not being our days. The naturalists say they are long days, either fifty years or otherwise, because they see that this gradualism is based on interaction and the ordering of effects upon their causes. As for us, we say that if Allah had willed, He would have created them in an instant, just as if Allah had willed, He would have created the fetus in the womb in an instant and it would have emerged in an instant. But Allah decreed it according to growth and the interplay of causes.
The Shaykh : Yes, this may be one of the wisdoms. That is, a person may deduce the wisdom from what is apparent, because Allah is able to create them in an instant with a single word. But the scholars said: "Indeed, Allah the Exalted taught His servants deliberation and precision, and that precision is more important than justice"
And the naturalists also said that these creatures have causes that develop, just as a fetus develops in the womb. These causes interacted and interacted until they became heavens and earth, and this period requires length. Therefore, they interpret the days as not being our days. The naturalists say they are long days, either fifty years or otherwise, because they see that this gradualism is based on interaction and the ordering of effects upon their causes. As for us, we say that if Allah had willed, He would have created them in an instant, just as if Allah had willed, He would have created the fetus in the womb in an instant and it would have emerged in an instant. But Allah decreed it according to growth and the interplay of causes.