The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 891
PT. 24 ḤĀ MĪM AS-SAJDAH CH. 41 فَقَضْهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَوَاتٍ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ So He completed them into. 13 seven heavens in two days, and وَأَوْحَى فِي كُلِّ سَمَاءِ أَمْرَهَا وَزَيَّنَّا He revealed to each heaven its function. "And We adorned the السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيعَ وَحِفْظًا ذَلِكَ lowest heaven with lamps for light and provided it with the means of protection. That is the decree of the Mighty, the All- Knowing. 3565 تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنْذَرْتَكُمْ عِقَةً But if they turn away then. 14 مِّثْلَ صُعِقَةِ عَادٍ و ثَمُودَةٌ say: "I warn you of a des- tructive punishment like the punishment which overtook ‘Ād and Thamūd. '3566 15:17; 37:7; 67:6. 15:18. 40:31-32. unoften that he uses his discretion to his detriment. This is also the meaning and significance of 33:73. 3565. Commentary: In vv. 10 and 11 above it is stated that the making of the earth took two days and the placing on it of the mountains, rivers, etc. , and of vegetable and animal life, another two days. In the present verse, however, it is mentioned that like the earth the solar system with its planets and satellites also took two days to become complete. Thus the whole universe came into existence in six days or periods which is quite in harmony with vv. 7:55 and 50:39. Taking the word in the sense of "stage," the three vv. 10, 11 and 13 taken together would mean that the whole physical universe was completed in six stages. After the creation of the universe, man was created, whose creation also was completed in six stages. See also 23:13-15. 3566. Commentary: The purport of the verse seems to be that when the vast and orderly universe, of which the earth forms but a small part, and the planets and satellites of which the universe is composed have been created for the service of man, it is inconceivable that man for whom everything was brought into existence, should have been created without a purpose. His life has a grim purpose and a great mission. He has been created to develop and manifest in himself, on human scale, Divine attributes in order to prove himself to be God's vicegerent on earth. To help him to achieve this supreme and noble object, God sent His Messengers. These Divine Messengers came to all 2805