Transliteration:( Wa lillaahi ghaibus samaawaati wal ard; wa maaa amrus Saa'ati illaa kalamhil basari aw huwa aqrab; innal laaha 'alaaa kulli shai'in Qadeer )
165. Here the letter LAAM in the word LILLAH is there to denote possession i.e. everything is the creation of Allah Almighty as well as His possession. Or, in it is the description of Divine knowledge i.e. Allah Almighty has full knowledge of everything. In short, this verse does not contradict "created for you" because in LAKUM the letter LAAM indicates benefit e.g. "for your benefit". Everything is without doubt the creation of Allah Almighty, but we are deriving benefit out of it.
166. The things concealed in the heavens and the earth are possessions of Allah Almighty Who has full knowledge of them, because with His bestowal no one can be the owner and without Him providing information no one can have any knowledge.Â
In this verse there is no negotiation of Allah Almighty's bestowal of bounties and providing information, as Allah Almighty says whatsoever is "To Him belongs the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth" (S2:V255), yet through His bounty and bestowal, kings become masters of the countries and we of our homes. Just as these possessions are not in any way against His general bounties, the knowledge of the unseen of the Prophets and saints, too, is not against Divine knowledge.Â
167. Either it means everybody will perish at the coming of Qiyamah in the twinkling of an eye, or at the time of the second Trumpet everybody will be brought back to life instantly. It will take time for the signs of Qiyamah, but not for the occurence of it. Or, it could also mean that in spite of the Day of Judgement being so long, for some pious persons it will be like the twinkling of an eye.
168. Thus it is not difficult for Allah Almighty to cause all creation to perish at the time of Qiyamah at an instant and then raise them back to instantly. After the few drops of rain thousands of frogs come to life and countless moths come to life, instantly
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77. And to Allah belongs the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. And the matter of the Hour is not but as a twinkling of the eye, or even nearer. Truly, Allah is able to do all things. 78. And Allah has brought you out from the wombs of your mothers while you knew nothing. And He gave you hearing, sight, and hearts, that you might give thanks. 79. Do they not see the birds held (flying) in the midst of the sky None holds them up but Allah. Verily, in this are clear signs for people who believe.
Allah tells us of the perfection of His knowledge and ability to do all things, by telling us that He alone knows the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. No one knows anything about such things except for what Allah informs about as He wills. His complete power, which no one can oppose or resist, means that when He wants a thing, He only has to say to it “Be!” and it is, as Allah says:
(And Our commandment is but one as the twinkling of an eye.) (54:50) meaning, whatever He wills happens in blinking. Thus Allah says here:
(And the matter of the Hour is not but as a twinkling of the eye, or even nearer. Truly, Allah is Able to do all things.) iElsewhere, Allah says:
(The processes of creating you all and resurrecting you all are but like that of (the creation and resurrection of) a single person.) (31:28)
Then Allah mentions His blessings to His servants in that He brought them from their mothers’ wombs not knowing a thing, then He gives them hearing to recognize voices, sight to see visible things and hearts – meaning reason – whose seat, according to the correct view, is the heart, although it was also said that its seat is the brain. With his reason, a person can distinguish between what is harmful and what is beneficial. These abilities and senses develop gradually in man. The more he grows, the more his hearing, vision and reason increase, until they reach their peak. Allah has created these faculties in man to enable him to worship his Lord, so he uses all these organs, abilities and strengths to obey his Master. Al-Bukhari reported in his Sahih from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah said:
(Allah says: “Whoever takes My friend as an enemy, has declared war on Me. My servant does not draw near to Me with anything better than his doing that which I have enjoined upon him, and My servant keeps drawing near to Me by doing Nawafil (supererogatory) deeds until I love him. And when I love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, his vision with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask Me for anything, I would give it to him, if he were to call on Me, I would respond, if he were to seek Me for refuge I would surely grant him it. I do not hesitate to do anything as I hesitate to take the soul of My believing servant, because he hates death and I hate to upset him, but it is inevitable.”) The meaning of the Hadith is that when a person is sincere in his obedience towards Allah, all his deeds are done for the sake of Allah, so he only hears for the sake of Allah, he only sees for the sake of Allah – meaning he only listens to or looks at what has been allowed by Allah. He does not strike or walk except in obedience to Allah, seeking Allah’s help in all of these things. Thus in some versions of the Hadith, narrated outside the Sahih, after the phrase “his foot with which he walks”, there is added:
(So through Me he hears, through Me he sees, through Me he strikes and through Me he walks.) Thus Allah says:
(And He gave you hearing, sight, and hearts that you might give thanks.) Elsewhere, He says:
(Say it is He Who has created you, and endowed you with hearing and seeing, and hearts. Little thanks you give. Say: “It is He Who has created you on the earth, and to Him shall you be gathered (in the Hereafter).”) (67:23-24)
Then Allah tells His servants to look at the birds held (flying) in the sky, between heaven and earth, and how He has caused them to fly with their wings in the sky. They are held up only by Him, it is He Who gave them the strength to do that, subjecting the air to carry them and support them. As Allah says in Surat Al-Mulk:
(Do they not see the birds above them, spreading their wings out and folding them in None holds them up except the Most Gracious (Allah). Verily, He is the All-Seer of everything.) (67:19) And here Allah says:
(Verily, in this are clear signs for people who believe.)
(16:77) Allah has full knowledge of the truths beyond the reach of perception both in the heavens and the earth;[70] and the coming of the Hour will take no more than the twinkling of an eye; it may take even less.[71] Indeed Allah has power over everything.
70. The subsequent sentence shows that this is the answer to a question which was frequently put to the Prophet (peace be upon him) by the disbelievers of Makkah. The question which has not been cited was this: If the Resurrection so often you talk of is really coming, let us know the date of its coming.
71. That is, don’t be under the delusion that the Resurrection will come gradually and take a long time: you will neither be able to see it coming at a distance nor guard against it and make preparations to meet it. For it will come suddenly without any previous notice, in the twinkling of an eye or even will take less time than this. Therefore, now is the time to consider this matter seriously and to decide about your attitude towards it. You should not depend upon this false hope that there is still a long time in the coming of the Resurrection and you will set matters right with Allah when you will see it coming.
It may be pointed out that the Resurrection has been mentioned here during the discussion on Tauhid in order to warn the people that the choice between the doctrines of Tauhid and shirk is not merely a theoretical question. For that choice determines different courses of life for which they will be called to account on the Day of Resurrection. They have also been warned that it will come all of a sudden at some unknown time. Therefore, they should be very careful to make that choice which will determine their success or failure on that Day.
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