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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 54of 206

إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُۥ حَثِيثًۭا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلْخَلْقُ وَٱلْأَمْرُ ۗ تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٥٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lord
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
فِىin
سِتَّةِsittatisix
أَيَّامٍۢayyāminepochs
ثُمَّthummathen
ٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāHe ascended
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throne
يُغْشِىyugh'shīHe covers
ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahāra(with) the day
يَطْلُبُهُۥyaṭlubuhuseeking it
حَثِيثًۭاḥathīthanrapidly
وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon
وَٱلنُّجُومَwal-nujūmaand the stars
مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭmusakharātinsubjected
بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗbi-amrihiby His command
أَلَاalāUnquestionably
لَهُlahufor Him
ٱلْخَلْقُl-khalqu(is) the creation
وَٱلْأَمْرُ ۗwal-amruand the command
تَبَارَكَtabārakablessed
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
رَبُّrabbuLord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Universe was created in Six DaysAllah states that He created the universe, the heavens and earth and all that is in, on and between them in six days, as He has stated in several Ayat in the Qur'an. These six days are: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. On Friday, the entire creation was assembled and on that day, Adam was created.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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