Islam Guidance

Verse101-102

Section 13
Allah the Creator and Knower of everything
Allah the Creator of the heavens and the earth, The Divine Unity - polytheism to be gradually wiped out - Not to abuse false gods lest the infidels might ignorantly abuse Allah.

(101) بَدِيعُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ أَنَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَ لَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ صاحِبَةٌ وَ خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ هُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَلِيمٌ

(102)ذلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ خالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَاعْبُدُوهُ وَ هُوَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَكِيلٌ

101. " (He is the) Diviser of the heavens and the earth ! How can He have a child while there is for Him no consort, and He created everything, and He is All-Knowing of all things ? "
102. " That is Allah your Lord, there is no god but He, the Creator of everything. Therefore worship Him, for He is Guardian over all things."

Commentary :
This verse answers to the superstitious beliefs. At first, it says :
" (He is the) Diviser of the heavens and the earth ! ..."
The Qur'anic term /badi'/ means 'the producer of something new without having a precedent'. That is, Allah, Glory be to Him, has brought the heavens and the earth into being without any previous substance, or design and plan.
Moreover, how is it possible that He can have a child while He has not a spouse ? The verse says :
"... How can He have a child while there is for Him no consort, ..."
Basically, He does not need a spouse, and who can be His spouse when He has created all creatures ?
Once more the Qur'an emphasizes the rank of Allah's creative power in respect to all existing things and all human beings, and His Scientific Omnipotence in respect to all of them, and says :
"... and He created everything, and He is All-Knowing of all things ? "
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After mentioning the creative power of Allah in respect to all things, and bringing the heavens and the earth into existence, and that He is Glorified to have body and bodily issues, or to have any spouse and child, and that His Scientific Omnipotence in respect to everything and all affairs, it concludes thus :
" That is Allah your Lord, ..."
And, since there is none to have some attributes like them, then none is eligible to be worshipped save Allah. He is both the Lord and the Creator. Therefore, only Allah (s.w.t) can be the deity. Thus do worship Him.
The verse continues saying :
"... there is no god but He, the Creator of everything. Therefore worship Him, ..."
In order to cut out any hope to anything except the hope to Allah, and to eradicate any idolatry and, in general, any reliance to other than Allah, at the end of the verse it adds :
"... for He is Guardian over all things."
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