Surah shura ayat 29 Tafsir Quran 42:29

﴿وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَاءُ قَدِيرٌ﴾
[ الشورى: 29]

42:29 And of his signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures. And He, for gathering them when He wills, is competent.

And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the creation of whatever He has scattered whatever He has divided and spread in them in the way of creatures dābba this denotes all those creatures which tread yadubbu upon the earth whether human beings or otherwise. And He is able to bring them together for the Gathering whenever He will rational beings as opposed to others predominate in the suffixed pronoun -him of jam‘ihim ‘to bring them together’.

Among the visible signs and the marvels, displaying Omnipotence and Authority is His creation of the heavens and the earth** and the beings He scattered over them and the power to gather them and bring them all together when He will

Among the Signs of Allah is the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ ( And among His Ayat ) the signs which point to His great might and power, خَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا ( is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and whatever moving creatures He has dispersed in them both. ) means, whatever He has created in them, i.e., in the heavens and the earth. مِن دَآبَّةٍ ( and whatever moving creatures ) this includes the angels, men, Jinn and all the animals with their different shapes, colors, languages, natures, kinds and types.
He has distributed them throughout the various regions of the heavens and earth. وَهُوَ ( And He ) means, yet despite all that, عَلَى جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٌ ( is Able to assemble them whenever He wills. ) means, on the Day of Resurrection, He will gather the first and the last of them, and bring all His creatures together in one place where they will all hear the voice of the caller and all of them will be seen clearly; then He will judge between them with justice and truth. The Cause of Misfortune is Sin وَمَآ أَصَـبَكُمْ مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ ( And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. ) means, `whatever disasters happen to you, O mankind, are because of sins that you have committed in the past.' وَيَعْفُواْ عَن كَثِيرٍ ( And He pardons much. ) means, of sins; `He does not punish you for them, rather He forgives you.' وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ ( And if Allah were to punish men for that which they earned, He would not leave a moving creature on the surface of the earth ) ( 35:45 ).
According to a Sahih Hadith:
«وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ نَصَبٍ وَلَا وَصَبٍ وَلَا هَمَ وَلَا حَزَنٍ إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللهُ عَنْهُ بِهَا مِنْ خَطَايَاهُ، حَتْى الشَّوْكَةِ يُشَاكُهَا»
( By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, no believer is stricken with fatigue, exhaustion, worry or grief, but Allah will forgive him for some of his sins thereby -- even a thorn which pricks him. ) Imam Ahmad recorded that Mu`awiyah bin Abi Sufyan, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:
«مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ فِي جَسَدِهِ يُؤْذِيهِ إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ بِهِ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِه»
( No physical harm befalls a believer, but Allah will expiate for some of his sins because of it. )" Imam Ahmad also recorded that `A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«إِذَا كَثُرَتْ ذُنُوبُ الْعَبْدِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَا يُكَفِّرُهَا، ابْتَلَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِالْحَزَنِ لِيُكَفِّرَهَا»
( If a person commits many sins and has nothing that will expiate for them, Allah will test him with some grief that will expiate for them. )"

(42:29) And of His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the living creatures that He has spread out in them. *50 He has the power to bring them together when He so wills. *51

And of his signs is the creation meaning

*50) " In both ": In both the earth and the heavens.
This is a clear pointer to the fact that life does not only exist on the earth but on other planets as well.

*51) That is, " Just as He has the power to scatter them, so He has also the power to gather them all together.
Therefore, it is wrong to think that Resurrection cannot take place, and aII the former and the latter generations cannot be raised up and gathered all together.
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Among the Signs of Allah is the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ ( And among His Ayat ) the signs which point to His great might and power, خَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا ( is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and whatever moving creatures He has dispersed in them both. ) means, whatever He has created in them, i.e., in the heavens and the earth. مِن دَآبَّةٍ ( and whatever moving creatures ) this includes the angels, men, Jinn and all the animals with their different shapes, colors, languages, natures, kinds and types.
He has distributed them throughout the various regions of the heavens and earth. وَهُوَ ( And He ) means, yet despite all that, عَلَى جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٌ ( is Able to assemble them whenever He wills. ) means, on the Day of Resurrection, He will gather the first and the last of them, and bring all His creatures together in one place where they will all hear the voice of the caller and all of them will be seen clearly; then He will judge between them with justice and truth. The Cause of Misfortune is Sin وَمَآ أَصَـبَكُمْ مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ ( And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. ) means, `whatever disasters happen to you, O mankind, are because of sins that you have committed in the past.' وَيَعْفُواْ عَن كَثِيرٍ ( And He pardons much. ) means, of sins; `He does not punish you for them, rather He forgives you.' وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ ( And if Allah were to punish men for that which they earned, He would not leave a moving creature on the surface of the earth ) ( 35:45 ).
According to a Sahih Hadith: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ نَصَبٍ وَلَا وَصَبٍ وَلَا هَمَ وَلَا حَزَنٍ إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللهُ عَنْهُ بِهَا مِنْ خَطَايَاهُ، حَتْى الشَّوْكَةِ يُشَاكُهَا» ( By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, no believer is stricken with fatigue, exhaustion, worry or grief, but Allah will forgive him for some of his sins thereby -- even a thorn which pricks him. ) Imam Ahmad recorded that Mu`awiyah bin Abi Sufyan, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: «مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ فِي جَسَدِهِ يُؤْذِيهِ إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ بِهِ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِه» ( No physical harm befalls a believer, but Allah will expiate for some of his sins because of it. )" Imam Ahmad also recorded that `A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «إِذَا كَثُرَتْ ذُنُوبُ الْعَبْدِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَا يُكَفِّرُهَا، ابْتَلَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِالْحَزَنِ لِيُكَفِّرَهَا» ( If a person commits many sins and has nothing that will expiate for them, Allah will test him with some grief that will expiate for them. )"

( And of His portents ) and of the signs of His divine Oneness and power ( is the creation of the heaven and the earth, and of whatever beasts He hath dispersed therein ) they are all signs for you. ( And He is Able to gather them ) to revive them (when He will.

And among His Ayat (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.) is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and whatever moving (living) creatures He has dispersed in them both. And He is All-Potent over their assembling (i.e. resurrecting them on the Day of Resurrection after their death, and dispersion of their bodies) whenever He will.

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