Surah 42. Ash-Shura, Ayah 29
| وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِنْ دَابَّةٍ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَاءُ قَدِيرٌ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- min 'aayaat -hi khalq as- samaawaat wa- al- 'ard. wa- maa baththa fe -himaa min daabbah wa- huwa calaa jamc -him 'idhaa yashaa' qader |
| Pickthall | : | And of His portents is the creation of the heaven and the earth, and of whatever beasts He hath dispersed therein. And He is Able to gather them when He will. |
| Asad | : | And among His signs is the [very] creation of the heavens and the earth, and of all the living creatures which He has caused to multiply throughout them:33 and [since He has created them,] He has [also] the power to gather them [unto Himself] whenever He wills. |
| Malik | : | Among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the living creatures that He has spread in both of them: and He is capable of gathering them all together whenever He wants. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the living creatures that He has scattered through them: and He has power to gather them together when He wills. 4568 4569 |
Note - 33Lit., "in both". In the Qur'an, the expression "the
heavens and the earth" invariably denotes the universe in
its entirety.
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Note - 4568Dabbatun: beasts, living, crawling creatures of all
kinds: see n. 166 to ii. 164. Similarly in xxiv. 45, and
other passages, the word is used for living creatures of
all kinds, life generally, whose material basis is the
mysterious thing which science calls protoplasm. The more
our biological knowledge increases, the more do we marvel
at the unity of Life on the one hand, and its diversity
on the other.
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Note - 4569Life is not confined to our one little Planet. It is a
very old speculation to imagine some life like human life
on the planet Mars. Though no scientific demonstration is
possible, it is reasonable to suppose that Life in some
form or other is scattered through some of the millions
of heavenly bodies scattered through space. What a
wonderful Sign of Allah! The Almighty Who created such
countless beings has surely the power to bring them
together.
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Dabbatun: beasts, living, crawling creatures of all kinds: see n. 166 to ii. 164. Similarly in xxiv. 45, and other passages, the word is used for living creatures of all kinds, life generally, whose material basis is the mysterious thing which science calls protoplasm. The more our biological knowledge increases, the more do we marvel at the unity of Life on the one hand, and its diversity on the other. |
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Life is not confined to our one little Planet. It is a very old speculation to imagine some life like human life on the planet Mars. Though no scientific demonstration is possible, it is reasonable to suppose that Life in some form or other is scattered through some of the millions of heavenly bodies scattered through space. What a wonderful Sign of Allah! The Almighty Who created such countless beings has surely the power to bring them together. |
