Verses about Allah the creator of everything

Created man from a clinging substance.

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

Say, ‘ I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak

Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.

And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -

We have certainly created man in the best of stature;

Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.

And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness.

We have certainly created man into hardship.

Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between them aimlessly. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve, so woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire.

And We have certainly created you, [O Mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, ‘ Prostrate to Adam’ ; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was not of those who prostrated.

Indeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allah has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement hereafter will they believe?

Exalted is He who created all pairs - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.

Do they not see that We have created for them from what Our hands have made, grazing livestock, and [then] they are their owners?

Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?

Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.

He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.

He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed.

[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, [who] made the angels messengers having wings, two or three or four. He increases in creation what He wills. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.

O mankind, remember the favor of Allah upon you. Is there any creator other than Allah who provides for you from the heaven and earth? There is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?

And Allah created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop; then He made you mates. And no female conceives nor does she give birth except with His knowledge. And no aged person is granted [additional] life nor is his lifespan lessened but that it is in a register. Indeed, that for Allah is easy.

A revelation from He who created the earth and highest heavens,

He said, ‘ Our Lord is He who gave each thing its form and then guided [it].’

[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.

We have created you, so why do you not believe?

And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

And fear He who created you and the former creation.’

[And] so they do not prostrate to Allah, who brings forth what is hidden within the heavens and the earth and knows what you conceal and what you declare -

[More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allah? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him].

Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Say, ‘ Produce your proof, if you should be truthful.’

And your Lord creates what He wills and chooses; not for them was the choice. Exalted is Allah and high above what they associate with Him.

Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth, is [the one] Able to create the likes of them? And He has appointed for them a term, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers refuse [anything] except disbelief.

Indeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne, arranging the matter [of His creation]. There is no intercessor except after His permission. That is Allah, your Lord, so worship Him. Then will you not remember?

Say, ‘ Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?’ They will say, ‘ Allah,’ so say, ‘ Then will you not fear Him?’

Say, ‘ Are there of your ‘partners’ any who begins creation and then repeats it?’ Say, ‘ Allah begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?’

And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, ‘ Indeed, you are resurrected after death,’ those who disbelieve will surely say, ‘ This is not but obvious magic.’

And to Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, ‘ O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive.’

My Lord, You have given me [something] of sovereignty and taught me of the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my protector in this world and in the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous.’

And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.

And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness.

[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who created the heavens and the earth and made the darkness and the light. Then those who disbelieve equate [others] with their Lord.

Say, ‘ Is it other than Allah I should take as a protector, Creator of the heavens and the earth, while it is He who feeds and is not fed?’ Say, [O Muhammad], ‘ Indeed, I have been commanded to be the first [among you] who submit [to Allah] and [was commanded], ‘Do not ever be of the polytheists.’ ‘

And it is He who created the heavens and earth in truth. And the day He says, ‘ Be,’ and it is, His word is the truth. And His is the dominion [on] the Day the Horn is blown. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed; and He is the Wise, the Acquainted.

Indeed, I have turned my face toward He who created the heavens and the earth, inclining toward truth, and I am not of those who associate others with Allah.’

And it is He who produced you from one soul and [gave you] a place of dwelling and of storage. We have detailed the signs for a people who understand.

[He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing.

And it is He who has made you successors upon the earth and has raised some of you above others in degrees [of rank] that He may try you through what He has given you. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.

Then inquire of them, [O Muhammad], ‘ Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?’ Indeed, We created men from sticky clay.

While Allah created you and that which you do?’

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.

And if you asked them, ‘ Who created the heavens and earth?’ they would surely say, ‘ Allah.’ Say, ‘ [All] praise is [due] to Allah ‘ ; but most of them do not know.

Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing.

He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.

And if you asked them, ‘ Who created the heavens and the earth?’ they would surely say, ‘ Allah.’ Say, ‘ Then have you considered what you invoke besides Allah? If Allah intended me harm, are they removers of His harm; or if He intended me mercy, are they withholders of His mercy?’ Say, ‘ Sufficient for me is Allah; upon Him [alone] rely the [wise] reliers.’

Say, ‘ O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, You will judge between your servants concerning that over which they used to differ.’

Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.

The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.

That is Allah, your Lord, Creator of all things; there is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?

It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason.

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.’

As for ‘Aad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, ‘ Who is greater than us in strength?’ Did they not consider that Allah who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.

And they will say to their skins, ‘ Why have you testified against us?’ They will say, ‘ We were made to speak by Allah, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.

And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostate to Allah, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.

[He is] Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you from yourselves, mates, and among the cattle, mates; He multiplies you thereby. There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures. And He, for gathering them when He wills, is competent.

To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He creates what he wills. He gives to whom He wills female [children], and He gives to whom He wills males.

And if you should ask them, ‘ Who has created the heavens and the earth?’ they would surely say, ‘ They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.’

And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount.

And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, ‘ Allah.’ So how are they deluded?

And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.

And Allah created the heavens and earth in truth and so that every soul may be recompensed for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.

We did not create the heavens and earth and what is between them except in truth and [for] a specified term. But those who disbelieve, from that of which they are warned, are turning away.

Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

He created the heavens and earth in truth. High is He above what they associate with Him.

And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.

Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?

Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, ‘ Be,’ and it is.

Have they not considered what things Allah has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah, while they are humble.

And Allah has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and intellect that perhaps you would be grateful.

While He has created you in stages?

Their messengers said, ‘ Can there be doubt about Allah, Creator of the heavens and earth? He invites you that He may forgive you of your sins, and He delays your death for a specified term.’ They said, ‘ You are not but men like us who wish to avert us from what our fathers were worshipping. So bring us a clear authority.’

Have you not seen that Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth? If He wills, He can do away with you and produce a new creation.

[O Muhammad], tell My servants who have believed to establish prayer and spend from what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, before a Day comes in which there will be no exchange, nor any friendships.

Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.

He said, ‘ [No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.

They said, ‘ Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify.’

The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.

Who will inherit al-Firdaus. They will abide therein eternally.

And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.

It is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days; then He established Himself above the Throne. You have not besides Him any protector or any intercessor; so will you not be reminded?

Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.

[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -

Say, ‘ It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful.’

And We created you in pairs

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

Do they not contemplate within themselves? Allah has not created the heavens and the earth and what is between them except in truth and for a specified term. And indeed, many of the people, in [the matter of] the meeting with their Lord, are disbelievers.

Allah begins creation; then He will repeat it; then to Him you will be returned.

He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. And thus will you be brought out.

And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest attribute in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.

Allah is the one who created you, then provided for you, then will cause you to die, and then will give you life. Are there any of your ‘ partners’ who does anything of that? Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

Allah is the one who created you from weakness, then made after weakness strength, then made after strength weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills, and He is the Knowing, the Competent.

Have they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.

Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth. Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

If you asked them, ‘ Who created the heavens and earth and subjected the sun and the moon?’ they would surely say, ‘ Allah.’ Then how are they deluded?

O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -

How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.

Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, ‘ Be,’ and it is.

It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

She said, ‘ My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?’ [The angel] said, ‘ Such is Allah; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.

Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allah is like that of Adam. He created Him from dust; then He said to him, ‘ Be,’ and he was.

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding.

O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.

It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you wherever you are. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.

It is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne and made subject the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. He arranges [each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain.

Say, ‘ Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?’ Say, ‘ Allah.’ Say, ‘ Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?’ Say, ‘ Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allah partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?’ Say, ‘ Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing.’

The Most Merciful

And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.

We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration.

It is Allah who has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them. [His] command descends among them so you may know that Allah is over all things competent and that Allah has encompassed all things in knowledge.

He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Allah has created every [living] creature from water. And of them are those that move on their bellies, and of them are those that walk on two legs, and of them are those that walk on four. Allah creates what He wills. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.

O People, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.

It is He who created you, and among you is the disbeliever, and among you is the believer. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.

They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the son of Mary. Say, ‘ Then who could prevent Allah at all if He had intended to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?’ And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.

Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allah [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred. That is the correct religion, so do not wrong yourselves during them. And fight against the disbelievers collectively as they fight against you collectively. And know that Allah is with the righteous [who fear Him].