Surah Luqman, Ayah 10
Quran 31:10 · Luqman · Makki · Para 21 · Page 411
خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ بِغَیْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا وَاَلْقٰی فِی الْاَرْضِ رَوَاسِیَ اَنْ تَمِیْدَ بِكُمْ وَبَثَّ فِیْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ ؕ وَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِیْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِیْمٍ ۟
Transliteration
Khalaqa assamawatibighayri AAamadin tarawnaha waalqa fee al-ardirawasiya an tameeda bikum wabaththa feeha min kullidabbatin waanzalna mina assama-i maanfaanbatna feeha min kulli zawjin kareem
Saheeh International
He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
Allah, may He be glorified, created the heavens which are raised without any pillars, pitched mountains on Earth firmly, so that they do not shake with you, dispersed animals over the earth, and sent down rainfall from the sky, causing the earth to grow all kinds of delightful plants, from which both the humans and animals benefit.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) on 31:10–31:11
He has created the heavens without any pillars that you see, and has set on the earth firm mountains lest it should shake with you. And He has scattered therein moving creatures of all kinds. And We send down water from the sky, and We cause (plants) of every goodly kind to grow therein in pairs (10)This is the creation of Allah. So, show Me that which those besides Him have created. Nay, the wrongdoers are in plain error (11)
Proofs of Tawhid
Thus Allah explains His mighty power in creating the heavens and the earth, and everything that is within them and between them. He says:
خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ
(He has created the heavens without any pillars) Al-Hasan and Qatadah said, "It does not have any pillars, visible or invisible."
وَأَلْقَىٰ فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ
(and has set on the earth firm mountains) means, the mountains which stabilize and lend weight to the earth, lest it should shake with its water. Allah says:
أَنْ تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ
(lest it should shake with you.)
وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ
(And He has scattered therein moving creatures of all kinds) means, He has placed throughout it all kinds of animals, the total number of whose kinds and colors is known to no one except the One Who created them. When Allah tells us that He is the Creator, He also reminds us that He is the Provider, as He says:
وَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ
(And We send down water from the sky, and We cause (plants) of every goodly kind to grow therein in pairs,) meaning, every kind of good produce in pairs, i.e., they are beautiful to look at. Ash-Sha'bi said: "People are also produce of the earth, so whoever enters Paradise is goodly and whoever enters Hell is vile."
هَٰذَا خَلْقُ اللَّهِ
(This is the creation of Allah.) means, all that Allah has mentioned here of the creation of the heavens and earth and everything in between stems from His power of creation and control alone, and He has no partner or associate in that, Allah says:
فَأَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ دُونِهِ
(So, show Me that which those besides Him have created.) those idols and rivals whom you worship and call upon.
بَلِ الظَّالِمُونَ
(Nay, the wrongdoers) means the idolators who associate others in worship with Allah
فِي ضَلَالٍ
(in error) means, they are ignorant and blind.
مُبِينٍ
(plain) means, it is clear and obvious, and not at all hidden.