Islamic Pathway Ist Edition: Allah is Creator of All Things.

He is Allah, the Planner, Executer and Fashioner of creation. His are the names most beautiful. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth extols His Glory. He is the Most Mighty, the Most Wise.

Your Lord creates what He wills.

And Allah created every creature from a sort of water: of them some one crawls upon its belly: another walks on two legs and still another on four; Allah creates whatever He wills for He has power over everything

Your Lord is indeed the Creator of all, the All-Knowing.

And none knows the forces of your Lord but He.

Allah creates in the first instance and will later repeat it. Thereafter it is to Him that you shall be sent back.

He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth: when He decrees a thing, He merely says, "Be," and there it is.

All praise is for Allah alone, Who created the heavens and the earth, and brought into being light and darkness.

Did the unbelievers (who do not accept the teaching of the Prophet) not realize that the heavens and the earth were one solid mass, then We tore them apart, and We made every living being out of water? Will they, then, not believe (that We created all this? And We placed firm mountains on earth lest it should sway with them, and We made wide paths in them that they may find their way; and We made the sky a secure canopy; and yet they turn away from these Signs. It is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Each of them is floating in its orbit.

Surely your Lord is none other than Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and then ascended His Throne; Who causes the night to cover the day and then the day swiftly pursues the night; Who created the sun and the moon and the stars making them all subservient to His command. Lo! His is the creation and His is the command. Blessed is Allah, the Lord of the universe.

Allah it is Who made the night so that you may seek repose in it, and made the day radiant. Surely Allah is Most Bounteous to people; but most people do not give thanks. Allah (Who bestowed all these favours upon you) is your Lord, the Creator of everything. There is no god but He. Whence are you, then, being led astray? Thus it is only those who had denied Allah's Signs that were led astray.

Allah it is Who made the earth a dwelling place for you and made the sky a canopy, Who shaped you – and shaped you exceedingly well – and gave you good things as sustenance. That is Allah, your Lord; blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Universe. He is the Ever-Living: there is no god but He. So call upon Him, consecrating to Him all your devotion. All praise and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of the whole Universe.

Say, (O Prophet): “I have been forbidden to worship those beside Allah whom you call upon. (How can I worship any beside Allah) when clear Signs have come to me from my Lord and I have been commanded to surrender to Allah, the Lord of the Universe"?

Who created death and life that He might try you as to which of you is better in deed. He is the Most Mighty, the Most Forgiving; Who created the seven heavens one upon another. You will see no incongruity in the Merciful One's creation. Turn your vision again, can you see any flaw? Then turn your vision again, and then again; in the end your vision will come back to you, worn out and frustrated. We have adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and have made them a means to drive away the satans. We have prepared for them the chastisement of the Blazing Fire.

Tell them, (O Prophet): “Do you indeed disbelieve in Him and assign compeers to Him Who created the earth in two days? He is the Lord of all beings of the Universe. After creating the earth) He set up firm mountains on it, blessed it, and provided it with sustenance in proportion to the needs of all who seek (sustenance). All this was done in four days. Then He turned to the heaven while it was all smoke. He said to the heaven and the earth: “Come (into being), willingly or unwillingly.” They said: “Here we come (into being) in willing obeisance. “Then He made them seven heavens in two days and revealed to each heaven its law. And We adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and firmly secured it. All this is the firm plan of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.

And He has created you in different stages, forms and conditions. Do you not see how Allah has created seven heavens, one upon the other, and has placed the moon in them as a light, and the sun as a radiant lamp? And Allah has caused you to grow out of the earth so wondrously, and He will later cause you to return to it and will then again bring you out of it. Allah has made the earth a wide expanse for you so that you may tread its spacious paths.

And heaven – We made it with Our Own Power and We have the Power to do so. And the earth – We spread it out, and how well have We smoothed it ! And of everything We have created pairs; perhaps you will take heed. Flee, therefore, to Allah. Surely I am a clear warner to you from Him; and do not set up any deity with Allah. Surely I am a clear warner to you from Him.

And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and [before that] His Throne was upon the water that He may test you, who of you is better in conduct.

And the night is another Sign for them. We strip the day from it and they become plunged in darkness. The sun is running its course to its appointed place. That is the ordaining of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing. We have appointed stages for the moon till it returns in the shape of a dry old branch of palm-tree. Neither does it lie in the sun's power to overtake the moon nor can the night outstrip the day. All glide along, each in its own orbit.

Did they never observe the sky above them: how We built it and beautified it; and it has no cracks; and We have spread out the earth, and have set upon it firm mountains, and have caused it to bring out plants of all beauteous kinds? All these are to serve as eye openers and as a lesson to every being who is prone to turn (to the Truth).

Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed? He raised its vault high and proportioned it; and covered its night with darkness and brought forth from it its day; and thereafter spread out the earth, and brought out of it its water and its pasture, and firmly fixed in it mountains; all this as provision for you and your cattle.

As for the earth, We have stretched it out and have cast on it firm mountains, and have caused to grow in it everything well-measured. And We have provided sustenance for you on it and also for those of whom you are not the providers. There is nothing except that its treasuries are with Us and We do not send it down except in a known measure.

He it is Who made the earth subservient to you. So traverse in its tracks and partake of the sustenance He has provided. To Him will you be resurrected.

He it is Who spread the earth for you; and made in it paths for you, and sent down water from the sky, and then through it We brought forth many species of diverse plants. So eat yourself and pasture your cattle. Surely there are many Signs in this for people of understanding. From this very earth We created you and to the same earth We shall cause you to return, and from it We shall bring you forth to life again.

And of His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the living creatures that He has spread out in them. He has the power to bring them together when He so wills.

Surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, there are signs for men of understanding; those who remember Allah while standing, sitting or (reclining) on their backs, and reflect in the creation of the heavens and the earth, (saying): 'Our Lord! You have not created this in vain. Glory to You! Save us, then, from the chastisement of the Fire.

He it is Who created you from a single being, and He it is Who made from it its mate.

Human beings, We created you all from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another. Verily the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the most God-fearing of you. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.

O Mankind, submit to your Lord Who created you and those who were before you; in this way only you may expect to save yourselves. It is He Who has made the earth a bed for you and the sky a canopy; and it is He Who sends down rain from above for the growth of every kind of food products for your sustenance. So, when you know this, you should not set up equals to rank with Allah.

Surely We brought man into being out of dry ringing clay which was wrought from black mud, while We had brought the jinn into being before out of blazing fire.

He has created man from dry, rotten clay like the potter's, and has created the jinn from the flame of fire.

We created man out of the extract of clay then We made him into a drop of life-germ, then We placed it in a safe depository, then We made this drop into a clot, then We made the clot into a lump, then We made the lump into bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, and then We caused it to grow into another creation. Thus Most Blessed is Allah, the Best of all those that create. Thereafter you are destined to die, and then on the Day of Resurrection you shall certainly be raised up.

He it is Who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clot; then He brings you out as an infant, then causes you to grow into full maturity, and then causes you to grow further so that you may reach old age, while some of you He recalls earlier. All this is in order that you may reach an appointed term and that you may understand (the Truth ). He it is Who gives life and causes death. Whenever He decrees a thing, He only commands to it “Be”, and it is.

O mankind! If you have any doubt concerning Resurrection, then know that it is surely We Who created you from dust, then from a drop of sperm, then from a clot of blood, then from a little lump of flesh, some of it shapely and other shapeless. (We are rehearsing this) that We may make the reality clear to you. We cause (the drop of sperm) that We please to remain in the wombs till an appointed time. We bring you forth as infants (and nurture you) that you may come of age. Among you is he that dies (at a young age) and he who is kept back to the most abject age so that after once having known, he reaches a stage when he knows nothing. You see the earth dry and barren and then no sooner than We send down water upon it, it begins to quiver and swell and brings forth every kind of beauteous vegetation. All this is because Allah, He is the Truth, and because He resurrects the dead, and because He has power over everything, ( all of which shows that) the Hour shall surely come to pass - in this there is no doubt - and Allah shall surely resurrect those that are in graves.

He Who excelled in the creation of all that He created. He originated the creation of man from clay, then made his progeny from the extract of a mean fluid, then He duly proportioned him, and breathed into him of His spirit, and bestowed upon you ears and eyes and hearts. And yet, little thanks do you give.

It is Allah Who created you in a state of weakness; then after weakness He gave you strength, then after strength He made you weak and old. He creates what He pleases. He is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.

It is He Who fashions you in the wombs as He wills. There is no God but He; the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

He creates you in your mothers' wombs, giving you one form after another in threefold depths of darkness. That, then, is Allah, your Lord. His is the kingdom. There is no god but He. So, whence are you being turned astray?

Say: “He it is Who has brought you into being, and has given you hearing and sight, and has given you hearts to think and understand. How seldom do you give thanks !” Say: “Allah it is Who multiplied you in the earth and to Him you will be mustered.”

Allah has brought you forth from your mothers' wombs when you knew nothing, and then gave you hearing, and sight and thinking hearts so that you may give thanks.

Accursed be man! How stubbornly he denies the Truth. Out of what did Allah create him? Out of a sperm-drop did He create him and then determined a measure for him, and then made the course of life easy for him, then He caused him to die and brought him to the grave, and then, whenever He wishes, He will raise him back to life. Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him. So let man just consider his food : We poured water, pouring it in great abundance, and cleaved the earth, cleaving it asunder; then caused the grain to grow out of it, together with grapes and vegetables, and olives and palms, and dense orchards, and fruits and pastures – all this as a provision for you and your cattle.

Does man not see that We created him of a sperm drop, and lo! he is flagrantly contentious? He strikes for Us a similitude and forgot his own creation. He says: “Who will quicken the bones when they have decayed? ” Say: “He Who first brought them into being will quicken them; He knows well about every kind of creation; He Who created from a green tree a fire for you, a fire to light your stoves with. ” Has He Who created the heavens and the earth no power to create the likes of them? Yes, indeed, He is the Superb Creator. Whenever He wills a thing, He just commands it “Be” and it is. Holy is He Who has full control over everything, and to Him you shall all be recalled.

Surely We brought man into being out of dry ringing clay which was wrought from black mud, while We had brought the jinn into being before out of blazing fire.

He has created man from dry, rotten clay like the potter's,and has created the jinn from the flame of fire.

Holy is He Who created all things in pairs, whether it be of what the earth produces, and of themselves, and of what they do not know.

And of His Signs is that He created you from dust and behold, you became human beings, and are multiplying around (the earth).

Allah created you from dust, then from a drop of sperm, then He made you into pairs. No female conceives, nor delivers (a child) except with His knowledge. None is given a long life nor is any diminished in his life but it is written in a Book. Surely that is quite easy for Allah.

And He it is Who created the two kinds, the male and the female, from a drop of sperm when it was emitted, and that it is for Him to grant the second life.

It is He - Allah -Who created you from a single being, and out of it He made its mate, that he may find comfort in her.

And Allah has given you spouses from your kind, and has granted you through your spouses, sons and grandsons, and has provided you wholesome things as sustenance. (After knowing all this), do they still believe in falsehood and deny Allah's bounty.

The Originator of the heavens and the earth, He has appointed for you pairs of your own kind, and pairs also of cattle. Thus does He multiply you. Naught in the universe is like Him. He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

I created the jinn and humans for nothing else but that they may serve Me; I desire from them no provision, nor do I want them to feed Me. Surely Allah is the Bestower of all provision, the Lord of all power, the Strong.

"Do you deny Him Who created you out of dust, then out of a drop of sperm, and then fashioned you into a complete man?

How is it that you adopt the attitude of disbelief towards Allah when the fact is that you were lifeless and He gave you life, and He will take away life from you and will again restore you to life: then you shall ultimately return to Him. He it is Who created for you all that there is on the Earth; He then turned to the sky and ordered it into seven heavens. And He has full knowledge of everything.

All praise be to Allah, the Fashioner of the heavens and earth, Who appointed angels as His message bearers, having two, three, four wings. He adds to His creation whatever He pleases. Verily Allah has power over everything. Whatever Mercy Allah accords to people, none can withhold; and whatever He withholds, no other will be able to release after Him. He is Most Mighty, Most Wise.

O people, remember Allah's favour upon you. Is there any creator, apart from Allah, who provides you your sustenance out of the heavens and earth? There is no god but He. Whither are you, then, being misdirected?

We have indeed fashioned above you seven paths. Never were We unaware of the task of creation. We sent down water from the sky in right measure, and caused it to stay in the earth, and We have the power to cause it to vanish (in the manner We please ). Then through water We caused gardens of date-palms and vines to grow for you wherein you have an abundance of delicious fruits and from them you derive your livelihood . And We also produced the tree which springs forth from Mount Sinai, containing oil and sauce for those that eat.

And He it is Who has subjected the sea that you may eat fresh fish from it and bring forth ornaments from it that you can wear. And you see ships ploughing their course through it so that you may go forth seeking His Bounty and be grateful to Him.

Have you not seen how Allah has subjected to you all that is in the earth, and the vessels that sail in the sea by His command, and it is He Who holds back the sky that it may not fall on earth except by His leave? Surely Allah is Most Gentle, Ever Compassionate to people.

Allah it is Who has subjected the sea to you so that ships may sail upon it at His bidding and you may seek of His Bounty and give thanks to Him.

He it is Who has stretched out the earth and has placed in it firm mountains and has caused the rivers to flow. He has made every fruit in pairs, two and two, and He it is Who causes the night to cover the day. Surely there are signs in these for those who reflect. And on the earth there are many tracts of land neighbouring each other. There are on it vineyards, and sown fields, and date palms: some growing in clusters from one root, some standing alone. They are irrigated by the same water, and yet We make some excel others in taste. Surely there are signs in these for a people who use their understanding.

And He has placed firm mountains on the earth lest it quake with you, and has made rivers and tracks that you may find your way, and He has set other landmarks in the earth. And by the stars too do people find their way. Is then the One Who creates like the one who does not create? Will you not, then, take heed? For, if you try to count the blessings of Allah, you will not be able to count them. Surely Allah is Ever Forgiving, Most Merciful.

As for the earth, We have stretched it out and have cast on it firm mountains, and have caused to grow in it everything well-measured. And We have provided sustenance for you on it and also for those of whom you are not the providers. There is nothing except that its treasuries are with Us and We do not send it down except in a known measure. We send fertilizing winds, and then cause rain to descend from the sky, providing you abundant water to drink even though you could not have stored it up for yourselves. It is indeed We Who grant life and cause death and it is We who shall be the sole Inheritors of all.

And We placed firm mountains on earth lest it should sway with them, and We made wide paths in them that they may find their way.

Did We not make the earth a receptacle, for the living and the dead, and did We not firmly fix towering mountains on it and give you sweet water to drink?

Allah sends the winds that stir up clouds and then He spreads them in the sky as He pleases and splits them into different fragments, whereafter you see drops of rain pouring down from them.

Do you not observe that Allah makes the cloud move gently then joins its pieces together: then gathers it into a mass of thick cloud: then you see that rain-drops fall down from its midst: and He sends down hail out of the high up mountains in the heaven: then He smites with it whom He wills and turns it away from whom He pleases: then a flash of lightning from it dazzles the eyes. He alternates the day and the night: there is indeed a lesson in it for those who have observing eyes.

It is He Who has brought into being gardens - the trellised and untrellised - and the palm trees, and crops, all varying in taste, and.the olive and pomegranates, all resembling one another and yet so different. Eat of their fruits when they come to fruition and pay His due on the day of harvesting. And do not exceed the proper limits, for He does not love those who exceed the proper limits. And of the cattle (He has reared) some for burden, and some whose flesh you eat and whose skins and hair you use to spread the ground. Eat of the sustenance Allah has provided you and do not follow in the footsteps of Satan, for surely he is your open enemy.

He created the heavens and the earth with Truth. Exalted is He above whatever they associate with Allah in His Divinity. He created man out of a mere drop of fluid, and lo! he turned into an open wrangler. He created the cattle. They are a source of clothing and food and also a variety of other benefits for you. And you find beauty in them as you drive them to pasture in the morning and as you drive them back home in the evening ; and they carry your loads to many a place which you would be unable to reach without much hardship. Surely your Lord is Intensely Loving, Most Merciful. And He created horses and mules and asses for you to ride, and also for your adornment. And He creates many things (for you) that you do not even know about.

And indeed there is also a lesson for you in cattle. We provide you with drink out of what they have in their bellies; and you have many other benefits in them: you eat of them, and are carried on them and also on ships.

He Who created these pairs, all of them, and provided you ships and cattle on which you ride, so that when you are mounted upon them you may remember the bounty of your Lord, and say: “Glory be to Him Who has subjected this to Us whereas we did not have the strength to subdue it. It is to our Lord that we shall eventually return."

Let the dead earth be a Sign for them. We gave it life and produced from it grain whereof they eat. We made in it gardens of date-palms and vines, and We caused springs to gush forth that they might eat of its fruits. It was not their hands that made them. Will they not, then, give thanks? Holy is He Who created all things in pairs, whether it be of what the earth produces, and of themselves, and of what they do not know.

Do they not see Our handiwork: We created for them cattle which they own? We have subjected the cattle to them so that some of them they ride and eat the flesh of others. They derive a variety of benefits and drinks from them. Will they, then, not give thanks? They set up deities apart from Allah, hoping that they will receive help from them. Those deities can render them no help. Yet these devotees act as though they were an army in waiting for them. Let not their words grieve you. Surely We know all things about them, what they conceal and what they reveal.

Allah it is Who made the night so that you may seek repose in it, and made the day radiant. Surely Allah is Most Bounteous to people; but most people do not give thanks. Allah (Who bestowed all these favours upon you) is your Lord, the Creator of everything. There is no god but He. Whence are you, then, being led astray?

He causes the night to phase into the day and the day into the night, and He has subjected the sun and the moon, each running its course to an appointed term. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs the Kingdom; but those whom you call upon, apart from Allah, possess not so much as the skin of a date-stone. If you call upon them, they cannot hear your prayer. And if they hear it, they cannot answer it. On the Day of Resurrection they will disown you for associating others with Allah in His Divinity. No one can inform you of the truth but the All-Aware.

Truly it is Allah Who causes the grain and the fruit-kernel to sprout. He brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living. Such is Allah. So whither are you tending in error? It is He Who causes the dawn to split forth, and has ordained the night for repose, and the sun and the moon for reckoning time. All this is determined by Allah the Almighty, the All-Knowing. It is He Who has made for you the stars that you may follow the right direction in the darkness of the land and the sea. We have indeed spelled out signs for the people who have knowledge. It is He Who created you out of a single being, and appointed for each of you a time-limit and a resting place. We have indeed spelled out Our signs for those who can understand. And it is He Who has sent down water from the heavens, and thereby We have brought vegetation of every kind, and out of this We have brought forth green foliage and then from it close-packed ears of corn, and out of the palm-tree from the sheath of it - thick clustered dates, hanging down with heaviness, and gardens of vines, and the olive tree, and the pomegranate - all resembling one another and yet so different. Behold their fruit when they bear fruit and ripen! Surely, in all this there are signs for those who believe. And yet, some people have come to associate the jinn with Allah in His divinity, even though it is He Who created them; and in ignorance they impute to Him sons and daughters. He is Holy and Exalted far above that which they attribute to Him. He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He has had no mate? And He has created everything and He has full knowledge of all things. Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no god but He - the Creator of all things. Serve Him alone - for it is He Who is the guardian of everything. No visual perception can encompass Him, even though He encompasses all visual perception. He is the All-Subtle, the All-Aware. The lights of clear perception have now come to you from your Lord. Then, he who chooses to see clearly, does so for his own good; and he who chooses to remain blind, does so to his own harm. I am not your keeper.

He created the heavens without any pillars visible to you and He placed mountains in the earth as pegs lest it should turn topsy turvy with you, and He dispersed all kinds of animals over the earth, and sent down water from the sky causing all kinds of excellent plants to grow on it. Such is Allah's creation. Show me, then, what any others, apart from Allah, have created? Nay, the fact is that the wrong-doers are in manifest error.

Who is it that has created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you water from the sky and then We caused to grow therewith gardens full of beauty whose trees you could never grow. Is there any god associated with Allah (in these tasks)?" Nay, they are a people who are veering away from the Right Path. Who is it Who has made the earth a place of resort, and has caused rivers to flow in its midst, and has placed upon it firm mountains, and has placed a barrier between two masses of water? Is there any god associated with Allah (in these tasks)? Nay; but most of them do not know. Who is it Who heeds the prayers of the distressed when he calls out to Him and Who removes his affliction? And who is it Who makes you vicegerents of the earth? Is there any god associated with Allah (in this task)? How little do you reflect! Who is it Who guides you through the darkness on land and sea? And Who sends winds as heralds of good tidings ahead of His Mercy? Is there any god associated with Allah (in this task)? Exalted be Allah above whatever they associate with Him in His Divinity! Who is it Who creates in the first instance and then repeats it? Who is it Who provides you with sustenance from the heavens and the earth? Is there any god associated with Allah (in these tasks)? Say: "Bring forth your evidence, if you are truthful."

Ask them: "Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "Allah." Tell them: "Have you taken beside Him as your patrons those who do not have the power to benefit or to hurt even themselves?" Say: "Can the blind and the seeing be deemed equals? Or can light and darkness be deemed equals?" If that is not so, then have those whom they associate with Allah in His Divinity ever created anything like what Allah did so that the question of creation has become dubious to them? Say: "Allah is the creator of everything. He is the One, the Irresistible."

Say to them (O Prophet): “ Have you ever seen those of your associates upon whom you call apart from Allah? Show me what have they created in the earth? Or do they have any partnership (with Allah) in the heavens? Or have We given them a Book so that they have a clear proof (for associating others with Allah in His Divinity)?” Nay, what these wrong-doers promise each other is nothing but delusion. Surely Allah holds the heavens and the earth, lest they should be displaced there, for if they were displaced none would be able to hold them after Him. Surely He is Most Forbearing, Most Forgiving.

Ask them: 'Is there any among those whom you associate with Allah in His divinity who brings about the creation of all beings in the first instance and will then repeat it?' Tell them: 'It is Allah Who brings about the creation of all beings and will then repeat it. How are you , then , being misled?

Highly blessed is He, Who has sent down Al-Furqan, to His servant so that it may be a warner to all mankind! He to Whom belongs the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth: Who has begotten no son: Who has no partner in His Kingdom: Who created each and every thing and then ordained its destiny. Yet the people have set up, besides Him, deities, who do not create anything but are themselves created: who can neither harm nor benefit even themselves: who have no power over life or death, nor can they raise up the dead.

Those whom they call upon beside Allah have created nothing; rather, they themselves were created.

Do they associate (with Allah in His divinity) those who can create nothing; rather, they are themselves created? They have no power to help others nor can they help themselves.

Those whom you invoke other than Allah are servants like you. So invoke them and see if they answer your call, if what you claim is true.

O people, a parable is set forth: pay heed to it. Those who call upon aught other than Allah shall never be able to create even a fly, even if all of them were to come together to do that. And if the fly were to snatch away anything from them, they would not be able to recover that from it. Powerless is the supplicant; and powerless is he to whom he supplicates. They have not formed a true estimate of Allah. Indeed, Allah is All-Powerful, All-Mighty.