سُوْرَةُ قٓ

Surah Qaaf (50) — Ayah 38

The letter Qaaf · Meccan · Juz 26 · Page 520

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ ﴿38﴾
And indeed We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in six Days and nothing of fatigue touched Us.
وَلَقَدْ walaqad And certainly
خَلَقْنَا khalaqnā We created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَ wal-arḍa and the earth
وَمَا wamā and whatever
بَيْنَهُمَا baynahumā (is) between both of them
فِى in
سِتَّةِ sittati six
أَيَّامٍۢ ayyāmin periods
وَمَا wamā and (did) not
مَسَّنَا massanā touch Us
مِن min any
لُّغُوبٍۢ lughūbin fatigue

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(Ayah 38) ➊ {وَ لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضَ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِيْ سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ … :} As proof of the Resurrection, the creation of the heavens and the earth is mentioned again: Indeed, We created all these heavens and the earth in six days, and no kind of fatigue touched Us, so why can We not resurrect man again? The same point was mentioned earlier: « اَفَعَيِيْنَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْاَوَّلِ » [ قٓ : ۱۵ ] "So were We worn out by the first creation?" It is mentioned again here because repeating something makes it settle in the mind.

{وَ مَا مَسَّنَا مِنْ لُّغُوْبٍ:} This also refutes the Jews and Christians who slandered Allah by claiming that He created the heavens and the earth in six days and rested on the seventh day. In the Book of Genesis (2:2) of the Torah, the words are: {’’فَاسْتَرَاحَ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ‘‘} meaning "He rested on the seventh day."

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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38. We created the heavens, the earth, and all that is between them in six days, and no fatigue [44] touched Us.

[44]
The Accusation of the Jews and Christians Against Allah, Resting on the Seventh Day:

This is a fabricated accusation by the Jews and Christians against Allah, that Allah created the heavens and the earth in six days and rested on the seventh day. Even now, such a statement exists in the Book of Genesis in the Bible [2: 2]. These people considered Allah to be like themselves, that just as we get tired from working, Allah also became tired. To consider Allah to be like oneself or anything else is the greatest misguidance. In this verse, this very accusation of theirs is refuted.