هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا ۖ وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ Qur’an Al-Hadid (57:4)Huwa alla th ee khalaqa a l ssam a w a ti wa a lar d a fee sittati ayy a min thumma istaw a AAal a alAAarshi yaAAlamu m a yaliju fee alar d i wam a yakhruju minh a wam a yanzilu mina a l ssam a i wam a yaAAruju feeh a wahuwa maAAakum ayna m a kuntum wa A ll a hu bim a taAAmaloona ba s eer un
Cf. the identical phrase in 7:54 and the corresponding note [43].
See note [l] on 34:2 .
See footnote for 7:54.
By His knowledge.
"In six Days": see xli. 9-12, and notes; also more briefly, n. 1031 to vii. 54.
Cf. x. 3, and n. 1386. It is not that Allah completed His Creation in six days and rested on the seventh day, or rests now. Certain external forms of the universe were by Allah's Command completed in six periods of evolution. But His creative process still goes on, and He is still, and will always be, in full control, knowing all and guiding all affairs.
Allah watches over man and observes his deeds. His knowledge comprehends all, the earth, heavens, what is in them or above them or whatever is in between them, comes out of them or goes into them, for "not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge", and "there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is inscribed in a Record". (vi. 59).