Re: Discussion about "My Ordeal with the Qur'an"
Reply #1160 - October 03, 2010, 11:00 PM
@Islame
Funny to get that question from you, you mentioned this contradiction in one of your videos. But...
Q. 41:9-12 & 2:29
قُلْ أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ أَندَادًا ذَٰلِكَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ مِن فَوْقِهَا وَبَارَكَ فِيهَا وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَا أَقْوَاتَهَا فِي أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَوَاءً لِّلسَّائِلِينَ
ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْضِ ائْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا قَالَتَا أَتَيْنَا طَائِعِينَ
فَقَضَاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ وَأَوْحَىٰ فِي كُلِّ سَمَاءٍ أَمْرَهَا وَزَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَحِفْظًا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ
Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds." -- And He placed on the earth firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction - for [the information] of those who ask. -- Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly." -- And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَسَوَّاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِي
It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.
And Q. 79:27-33
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it. -- He raised its ceiling and proportioned it. -- And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness. -- And after that He spread the earth. -- He extracted from it its water and its pasture -- And the mountains He set firmly -- As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
Notice that Surahs 41 and 2 have the creation of the earth first, then that of the heavens, whereas Surah 79 has the heavens being created first, then the earth, as well as its mountains and provision.
Some have tried to claim that the earth was created first, then Allah went back to it after the heavens. However, this clearly doesn't make sense given that the heavens were created in the last 2 days of the six day creation, as stated in Surah 41. There was no more time of creation once the heavens were created.
In addition, note also how immediately following the creation of the earth, the mountains, plants, pasture, provision, etc., are created immediately afterwards, thus making the incongruity even clearer.
Topic: Discussion about "My Ordeal with the Qur'an"