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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْمَآءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًۭا ۗ وَلَئِن قُلْتَ إِنَّكُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, "Indeed, you are resurrected after death," those who disbelieve will surely say, "This is not but obvious magic."

Word-by-word meaning

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
فِىin
سِتَّةِsittatisix
أَيَّامٍۢayyāminepochs
وَكَانَwakānaand His throne was
عَرْشُهُۥʿarshuhuand His throne was
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْمَآءِl-māithe water
لِيَبْلُوَكُمْliyabluwakumthat He might test [you]
أَيُّكُمْayyukumwhich of you
أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) best
عَمَلًۭا ۗʿamalan(in) deed
وَلَئِنwala-inBut if
قُلْتَqul'tayou say
إِنَّكُمinnakumIndeed, you
مَّبْعُوثُونَmabʿūthūna(will be) resurrected
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti[the] death
لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannasurely would say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
إِنْinThis is not
هَـٰذَآhādhāThis is not
إِلَّاillābut
سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'runa magic
مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah created the Heavens and the Earth in Six DaysAllah, the Exalted, informs of His power over all things, and that He created the heavens and the earth in six days. He mentions that His Throne was over the water before that, just as Imam Ahmad recorded that `Imran bin Husayn said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,«اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا بَنِي تَمِيم»(Accept the glad tidings, O tribe of Tamim!) They said, `Verily you have brought us glad tidings and you have given us.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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