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Therefore, you shall devote your worship absolutely
to God ALONE, even if the disbelievers dislike it. (40:14)
This is to say that those who worship God Alone follow only the
instructions and teaching from one consistent source, the Quran
Alone.
God cites the example of a man who deals with disputing
partners (Hadith), compared to a man who deals with only one consistent
source (Quran). Are they the same? Praise be to God; most of them
do not know. (39:29)
5. Heavens and Earth
Created in 6 Days. (7:54)
Your Lord is the one God, who created the heavens
and the earth in six days,* then assumed all authority... (7:54)
He is the One who created the heavens and the earth
in six days… (11:7)
He is the One who created the heavens and the earth,
and everything between them, in six days, then assumed all authority….
(25:59)
Say, “You disbelieve in the One who created
the earth in two days, and you set up idols to rank with Him, though
He is Lord of the universe.” He placed on it stabilizers (mountains),
made it productive, and He calculated its provisions in four
days, to satisfy the needs of all its inhabitants. Then He turned
to the sky, when it was still gas, and said to it, and to the earth,
“Come into existence, willingly or unwillingly.” They
said, “We come willingly.”
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Thus, He completed the
seven universes in two days, and set up the laws for every
universe.
And we adorned the lowest universe with lamps, and placed guards
around it. Such is the design of the Almighty, the Omniscient. (41:9-12)
Repeatedly, Quran maintained its consistency that the heavens and
the earth were created in six days. It was only when God willed
to break it down for us as to how He did it, that we see in 41:9-12
that the earth together with the seven universes were created in
two days. Then it took an additional four
days to calculate the provisions for all the creatures
on earth. This is to teach us that there is life only on the planet
earth.
There is not a creature on earth whose provision
is not guaranteed by God. And He knows its course and its final
destiny. All are recorded in a profound record. (11:6)
It takes divine control for the insincere not to appreciate the
awesome wisdom in the Quran.
We thus control the minds of the guilty. Consequently
they cannot believe in him. This has been the system since the past
generations. (15:12-13).
Quite interestingly too, the people who wrote to claim that they
have found contradictions in the Quran, could not do the simple
kindergarten type of arithmetic to save themselves from the shame
of exposing their ignorance and arrogance. All they had to do was
to add 2 + 4 = 6 noting that the 4 days calculations
of provisions by the angels for all the creatures on earth was part
of the process of creation (re: 41:9-12).
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It should be no surprise to us that
these same people are members of those who believe that God created
the earth in six days but got tired and took a rest on the seventh
day (Sunday). In response to this nonsense, the Most Gracious answers:
We have created the heavens and the earth, and everything
between
them in six days, and no fatigue touched us. (50:38)
But we know from the Quran that not all people try to discredit
or distort God’s words. There are those who take heed and
reflect on God’s revelations:
They are not all the same; among the followers of
the scripture, there are those who are righteous. They recite God's
revelations through the night, and they fall prostrate. They believe
in God and the Last Day, they advocate righteousness and forbid
evil, and they hasten to do righteous works. These are the righteous.
(3:113-114)
Sheyhu Adam
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