32. As-Sajdah (Prostration), 30 verses

Mecca Period 75

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ...

32:4 It is Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all between them, in six Days,

C3632. Six Days: See n. 1031 to 7:54.

The "Day" does not mean a day as we reckon it. viz., one apparent course of the sun round the earth, for it refers to conditions which began before the earth and the sun were created.

In verse 5 below, a Day is compared to a thousand years of our reckoning, and in 70:4 to 50,000 years.

These figures "as we reckon" have no relation to "timeless Time", and must be taken to mean very long Periods, or Ages, or Eons.

See further 41:9-12, and notes. 4470-4474, 4475-4478.

... ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ...

and is firmly established on the Throne (of authority):

C3633. Cf. n. 1386 to 10:3.

Allah created the World as we see it in six great Stages. But after the initial creation, He is still in authority and directs and controls all affairs. He has not delegated His powers to others, and Himself retired.

Also see 7:54.

... مَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ...

ye have none, besides Him, to protect or intercede (for you):

... أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٤﴾

will ye not then receive admonition?

Asad’s Version:

32:4

IT IS GOD who has created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six aeons, and is established on the throne of His almightiness. 3 You have none to protect you from God, and none to intercede for you [on Judgment Day]: will you not, then, bethink yourselves?