seekeroftruth
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Quran 41:9. Say, “Do you reject the One who created the earth in two days? And you attribute equals to Him? That is the Lord of the Universe.”
10. He placed stabilizers over it; and blessed it; and planned its provisions in four days, equally to the seekers.
11. Then He turned to the sky, and it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth, “Come, willingly or unwillingly.” They said, “We come willingly.”
12. So He completed them as seven universes in two days, and He assigned to each universe its laws. And We decorated the lower universe with lamps, and for protection. That is the design of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
13. But if they turn away, say, “I have warned you of a thunderbolt, like the thunderbolt of Aad and Thamood.”
14. Their messengers came to them, from before them and from behind them, saying, “Do not worship anyone but God.” They said, “Had our Lord willed, He would have sent down angels; Therefore, we reject what you are sent with.”
15. As for Aad, they turned arrogant on earth, and opposed justice, and said, “Who is more powerful than us?” Have they not considered that God, who created them, is more powerful than they? And they went on denying Our revelations.
16. So We unleashed upon them a screaming wind, for a few miserable days, to make them taste the punishment of shame in this life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more shameful; and they will not be saved.
17. And as for Thamood, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance. So the thunderbolt of the humiliating punishment seized them, because of what they used to earn.
18. And We saved those who believed and were righteous.
Here's the commentary.For the creation of the heavens and the earth in six days; the day in fact stands for a stage in growth. The making of the earth in two days and the making on it of the mountains, rivers and of plant and animal life in four days is really one continuous process, there being six days or six stages in all. The first stage is the throwing off of the cosmic matter called the earth; the second stage is the cooling of its surface; the third is the making of the mountains; the fourth is that of blessing it by waters and making in it rivers; the fifth and the sixth stages are spoken of as the ordaining of foods, being, in the first place, the growth of plant life and, in the second, the growth of animal life, culminating in the creation of man. That the creation in six days does not refer to the time actually taken in making the heavens and the earth, which is still going on, is noted even by the earlier commentators.
The meaning of this passage is that the foods which are made in the earth are equally accessible to all seekers.
Note that heaven is here plainly spoken of as being originally dukhån, smoke, vapour or gaseous matter. The command to creation to come willingly or unwillingly is a reference to the Divine laws working in nature. Everything created, whether in the heavens or the earth, is subject to law. The existence of one law throughout the universe is clear evidence of the existence of One God, the Maker of that law.
Just as, about the earth, it is stated in v. 9 that it was created in two days or in two stages, we are told here about the heavenly bodies that they, too, were created in two days or two stages. The creation of heavenly bodies is thus subject to the same law. The words that follow — and revealed in every heaven its affair — show that everything created in nature serves a purpose.
The first 13 verses of this chapter were recited by the Holy Prophet when ‘Utbah ibn Rabß‘ah came to him with a message from the Quraish. The message was to the effect that the Prophet should discontinue speaking ill of their gods and condemning their ways, and then they would be willing to make him their chief, or give him the most beautiful woman in marriage, or collect wealth for him. When ‘Utbah had delivered his message, the Prophet read these verses; but when he reached v. 13, warning the Makkans of the fate of ‘Åd and Tham∂d, ‘Ubtah entreated him to speak no more, and went back to the Quraish to make known to them the Prophet’s reply (Rz).
The coming of the prophets from before and behind signifies their impressing the truth of their message upon their people in every possible way. Some understand the coming of the prophets from near and from far.
The Quraish are warned in these words of an abasing punishment in this life, and a still more abasing punishment in the Hereafter. Their unlucky days were the days of drought.
‘Amå (blindness) is metaphorically used in relation to the mind, as meaning erring; the connection between the two meanings being the not finding or not taking the right way or the being blind in respect of the mind (LL).
I'm not going to say much today..... I'm only half blind, for that I am grateful. I'm grateful I get to read the Bible every morning. I'm glad I get to learn about the Muslim tradition. I'm glad I'm not completely blind.I got thrown this morning.... when I read the first verse.... the earth was created in "two" days. Oh I did not want to have to deal with that.... but then I saw the other "four" days and I was relieved.
They explain the "six" days differently than the account in Genesis. But the number of days is the same....
I note.... there is no big deal made about God "resting" on the seventh day. Of course, so far, the Muslims aren't making a big deal about "resting" on the seventh day as the Jews did.
I noted the account for the law. This is more about the Law of Nature rather than the laws handed down to Moses.
Same creation.... different perspective....
Same God.... different perspective....
We can continue in our ignorance.... hating people who don't conform to our perspective of the "law"..... OR
We can see the similarity and embrace the different perspective.
Same God.... Don't be blind.....
