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Verse 11of 54

ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَهِىَ دُخَانٌۭ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْضِ ٱئْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًۭا قَالَتَآ أَتَيْنَا طَآئِعِينَ﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."

Word-by-word meaning

ثُمَّthummaThen
ٱسْتَوَىٰٓis'tawāHe directed (Himself)
إِلَىilātowards
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
وَهِىَwahiyawhile it (was)
دُخَانٌۭdukhānunsmoke
فَقَالَfaqālaand He said
لَهَاlahāto it
وَلِلْأَرْضِwalil'arḍiand to the earth
ٱئْتِيَاi'tiyāCome both of you
طَوْعًاṭawʿanwillingly
أَوْawor
كَرْهًۭاkarhanunwillingly
قَالَتَآqālatāThey both said
أَتَيْنَاataynāWe come
طَآئِعِينَṭāiʿīnawillingly

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Some Details of the Creation of this Universe HereAllah denounces the idolators who worship other gods apart from Him although He is the Creator, Subduer and Controller of all things. He says:قُلْ أَءِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِى خَلَقَ الاٌّرْضَ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ أَندَاداً(Say: "Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days And you set up rivals with Him") meaning, `false gods whom you worship alongside Him'ذَلِكَ رَبُّ الْعَـلَمِينَ(That is the Lord of th...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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