سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 73
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ كُن فَيَكُونُ ۚ قَوْلُهُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ وَلَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ عَـٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ ﴿73﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
It is He Who has created the heavens and the earth in truth, and on the Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) He will say: "Be!", - and it is! His Word is the Truth. His will be the dominion on the Day when the Trumpet will be blown. All-Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the All-Wise, Well-Aware (of all things).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And (it is) He
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
Who
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
wal-arḍa
and the earth
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
وَيَوْمَ
wayawma
And (the) Day
يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
He says
كُن
kun
Be
فَيَكُونُ ۚ
fayakūnu
and it is
قَوْلُهُ
qawluhu
His word
ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ
l-ḥaqu
(is) the truth
وَلَهُ
walahu
And for Him
ٱلْمُلْكُ
l-mul'ku
(is) the Dominion
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
يُنفَخُ
yunfakhu
will be blown
فِى
fī
in
ٱلصُّورِ ۚ
l-ṣūri
the trumpet
عَـٰلِمُ
ʿālimu
(He is) All-Knower
ٱلْغَيْبِ
l-ghaybi
(of) the unseen
وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ ۚ
wal-shahādati
and the seen
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلْحَكِيمُ
l-ḥakīmu
(is) the All-Wise
ٱلْخَبِيرُ
l-khabīru
the All-Aware
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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He is the One who created the heavens and the earth in truth [80], and on the Day He says, “Be!”—it will be. His word is the truth, and on the Day the trumpet is blown [81], sovereignty will belong to Him alone. He is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, and He is the All-Wise, All-Aware.
[80]
The Purpose of the Creation of the Universe:
That is, the heavens and the earth were created so that constructive results may be produced from them. They were not created merely as a play or pastime, like children who make different shapes out of clay while playing and then themselves break them and mix them back into the clay. Rather, the heavens and the earth have been created for a specific purpose. Although this specific purpose has not been mentioned explicitly in the Quran, it is understood from some other verses that all these things have been made to serve mankind, and man alone is the noblest of all creatures in the entire universe. Man alone has been given the power of discernment and the ability to choose and decide, so that he may be tested as to whether he remains obedient to Allah even in matters of choice or not. Thus, the purpose of man's creation is only the worship of one Allah. Then, after this world, it will be annihilated and another world will be created, and whatever good or bad deeds man has performed in this world, he will be rewarded or punished for them in that other world. And this world and the Hereafter are both part of one coherent system.
[81] That is, the day Allah Almighty wills to bring this world to an end, the angel Israfil will blow the trumpet. As a result, all creatures living on earth will die. Then, after some time, the trumpet will be blown again, as is made clear by the following hadith: The blowing of the trumpet will occur twice. And ‘Ajb al-Dhanab: Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the trumpet will be blown twice, and there will be an interval of forty between the two. People asked, "Forty days?" He replied, "I cannot say." People asked, "Forty months?" He replied, "I cannot say." Then people asked, "Forty years?" He replied, "I cannot say." After that, Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Allah Almighty will send down rain from the sky, and people will grow from the earth just as vegetation grows. Behold! Every part of a man's body will decay except for one bone (its tip), which is the bone at the place where an animal's tail is. On the Day of Resurrection, creation will be reassembled from that bone. [بخاري۔ كتاب التفسير سورة النبا آيت نمبر 18]
Some Attributes of the True Deity:
After refuting the false deities and their worshippers, Allah Almighty has mentioned in this verse six such attributes of the True Deity, that is, Himself, which are found only in Allah Almighty. It is impossible for any false deity to possess them, and they are as follows:
(1) Allah Almighty has created the heavens and the earth, that is, this universe, endowed with constructive results.
(2) Then He continues to expand this universe and bring about change and transformation. Whenever He wills something to happen, He commands it to be, and that thing or event begins to come into existence.
(3) Every word and command of His is true and based on solid reality.
(4) On the day He wills to end this universe and bring about the Day of Judgment, in that world of the Hereafter, too, complete sovereignty will belong to Him alone.
(5) For Him, the unseen and the seen are all alike, all are before His sight and within His knowledge. The "seen" refers to those things which are present before a person or which are within human reach, or such natural laws as have become known to man; and the "unseen" refers to those things which are not known to man, whether they relate to the past or the future, or all such laws to which man has not yet gained access. All such matters are within Allah's knowledge.
(6) In every action and every command of His, there is certainly some wisdom, whether man knows it or not. This is because He is fully aware of even the smallest quantity of everything.
[80]
The Purpose of the Creation of the Universe:
That is, the heavens and the earth were created so that constructive results may be produced from them. They were not created merely as a play or pastime, like children who make different shapes out of clay while playing and then themselves break them and mix them back into the clay. Rather, the heavens and the earth have been created for a specific purpose. Although this specific purpose has not been mentioned explicitly in the Quran, it is understood from some other verses that all these things have been made to serve mankind, and man alone is the noblest of all creatures in the entire universe. Man alone has been given the power of discernment and the ability to choose and decide, so that he may be tested as to whether he remains obedient to Allah even in matters of choice or not. Thus, the purpose of man's creation is only the worship of one Allah. Then, after this world, it will be annihilated and another world will be created, and whatever good or bad deeds man has performed in this world, he will be rewarded or punished for them in that other world. And this world and the Hereafter are both part of one coherent system.
[81] That is, the day Allah Almighty wills to bring this world to an end, the angel Israfil will blow the trumpet. As a result, all creatures living on earth will die. Then, after some time, the trumpet will be blown again, as is made clear by the following hadith: The blowing of the trumpet will occur twice. And ‘Ajb al-Dhanab: Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the trumpet will be blown twice, and there will be an interval of forty between the two. People asked, "Forty days?" He replied, "I cannot say." People asked, "Forty months?" He replied, "I cannot say." Then people asked, "Forty years?" He replied, "I cannot say." After that, Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Allah Almighty will send down rain from the sky, and people will grow from the earth just as vegetation grows. Behold! Every part of a man's body will decay except for one bone (its tip), which is the bone at the place where an animal's tail is. On the Day of Resurrection, creation will be reassembled from that bone. [بخاري۔ كتاب التفسير سورة النبا آيت نمبر 18]
Some Attributes of the True Deity:
After refuting the false deities and their worshippers, Allah Almighty has mentioned in this verse six such attributes of the True Deity, that is, Himself, which are found only in Allah Almighty. It is impossible for any false deity to possess them, and they are as follows:
(1) Allah Almighty has created the heavens and the earth, that is, this universe, endowed with constructive results.
(2) Then He continues to expand this universe and bring about change and transformation. Whenever He wills something to happen, He commands it to be, and that thing or event begins to come into existence.
(3) Every word and command of His is true and based on solid reality.
(4) On the day He wills to end this universe and bring about the Day of Judgment, in that world of the Hereafter, too, complete sovereignty will belong to Him alone.
(5) For Him, the unseen and the seen are all alike, all are before His sight and within His knowledge. The "seen" refers to those things which are present before a person or which are within human reach, or such natural laws as have become known to man; and the "unseen" refers to those things which are not known to man, whether they relate to the past or the future, or all such laws to which man has not yet gained access. All such matters are within Allah's knowledge.
(6) In every action and every command of His, there is certainly some wisdom, whether man knows it or not. This is because He is fully aware of even the smallest quantity of everything.
