Surah Yunus, Verse 3/4

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*Surah Yunus, Verse 3:*

إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ مَا مِن شَفِيعٍ إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ إِذْنِهِ ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Surely, your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days and then Istawa (rose over) the Throne (really in a manner that suits His Majesty), disposing the affair of all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His Leave. That is Allah, your Lord; so worship Him (Alone). Then, will you not remember?

#COMMENTARY

Istawā, with the preposition ilā after it, means He turned to or He directed Himself by His will to as in Qur-ān chapter ii, verse 29. With the preposition alā after it, as here and in Qur-ān chapter vii, verse 54 and elsewhere, the meaning seems to be "to mount or ascend", and to be firmly established, to sit firm and unshaken, beyond question. "The Throne represents many ideas: e.g,

1. That God is high above all His Creation; 

2. That He regulates and governs it, as a king does, whose authority is unquestionably recognised;

3. That He is not, therefore, like the gods of Greece, and Paganism, who were imagined to be in a world apart, careless of mankind, or jealous of mankind, but on the contrary. He 

4.  disposes of their affairs and all affairs continuously and with justice;

5. That the authority of His Prophets, ministers, and Messengers is derived from Him, and such intercession as they can make is by His will and permission.

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*Surah Yunus, Verse 4:*

إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقًّا إِنَّهُ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ بِالْقِسْطِ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ

To Him is the return of all of you. The Promise of Allah is true. It is He Who begins the creation and then will repeat it, that He may reward with justice those who believed (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism) and did deeds of righteousness. But those who disbelieved will have a drink of boiling fluids and painful torment because they used to disbelieve.

#COMMENTARY

Haqq: true, right, for just ends, in right proportions, sure and certain: all these ideas are implied.

ALLĀH's creation is not a simple act, once done and finished with. It is continuous, and there are many stages, not the least important of which is the Hereafter, when the fruits of our life will be achieved.

Hamīm: boiling fluid: it is associated as in chapter xxxviii, verse 57, with gassāq, a dark, murky, or intensely cold fluid; both indicative of the grievous penalty that results from rebellion against Almighty ALLĀH (Sub-haanahu wata'aala).