Surah Hud, Verse 7/8

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*Surah Hud, Verse 7:*

وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَلَئِن قُلْتَ إِنَّكُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ مِن بَعْدِ الْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

And He it is Who has created the heavens and the earth in six Days and His Throne was on the water, that He might try you, which of you is the best in deeds. But if you were to say to them: "You shall indeed be raised up after death," those who disbelieve would be sure to say, "This is nothing but obvious magic."

#COMMENTARY

It is scientifically correct to say that all life was evolved out of the waters, and this statement also occurs in the Qur-ān, chapter xxi, verse 30. Some such meaning, I think, also attaches to the Genesis, chapter I, verse 2. The past tense "was" refers to the time before life developed in solid forms, on land and on air.

The Creation we see around us is not idle sport or play (in Hindi, Lila) or whim on the part of ALLĀH (Sub-haanahu wata'aala). It is the medium through which our spiritual life is to develop, with such free-will as we have. This life is our testing time.

The Unbelievers, who do not believe in a Future life, think all talk of it is like a sorcerer's talk, empty of reality. But in this they show their ignorance, and they are begging the question.

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*Surah Hud, Verse 8:*

وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰ أُمَّةٍ مَّعْدُودَةٍ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

And if We delay the torment for them till a determined term, they are sure to say, "What keeps it back?" (As much as to say: "Oh! All this talk of punishment is nonsense. There is no such thing!") Verily, on the day it reaches them, nothing will turn it away from them, and they will be surrounded by (fall in) that at which they used to mock!