Qur’an 46:3

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Qur’an 46:3 is a verse in Surah Al-Ahqaf that affirms God as the sole creator of the heavens and the earth and denies the existence of any partners with Him.

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Qur’an 46:3 canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Qur’anic verse ⓘ
addresses Disbelievers who turn away from warning ⓘ
affirms Tawhid (oneness of God in lordship) ⓘ
arabicText مَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا عَمَّا أُنذِرُوا مُّعْرِضُونَ ⓘ
associatedConcept Accountability in the Hereafter ⓘ
Divine wisdom in creation ⓘ
Human heedlessness toward divine warnings ⓘ
canonicalStatus Part of the standard Uthmanic codex ⓘ
chapterNumber 46 ⓘ
contrastsWith Belief that creation is without purpose ⓘ
Polytheistic claims of partners with God ⓘ
denies Existence of partners with God in creation ⓘ
doctrineCategory Divine decree and appointed term ⓘ
Qur’anic cosmology ⓘ
Tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of Lordship) ⓘ
linked to: tawhid
englishTranslation We did not create the heavens and the 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. ⓘ
linguisticFeature Begins with negation of purposeless creation ⓘ
Contains phrase أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى (specified term) ⓘ
Contains phrase بِالْحَقِّ (in truth) ⓘ
Contrasts believers’ understanding with disbelievers’ aversion ⓘ
Uses particle إِلَّا (illa) for restriction ⓘ
locatedIn Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
locatedInSection Juz 26 ⓘ
mentions Appointed term (ajal musamma) ⓘ
Disbelievers ⓘ
Earth ⓘ
Heavens ⓘ
Truth (al-haqq) ⓘ
linked to: al-Haq (the Real)

Warning (indhār) ⓘ
What is between the heavens and the earth ⓘ
partOf Surah Al-Ahqaf ⓘ
recitationPractice Recited in daily prayers and Qur’an recitation ⓘ
revelationReligion Islam ⓘ
scriptureLanguage Classical Arabic ⓘ
surahName Al-Ahqaf ⓘ
surahNameMeaning The Wind-Curved Sandhills ⓘ
surahOrderInMushaf 46 ⓘ
surahRevelationPlace Meccan surah ⓘ
theme Affirmation of God as sole creator ⓘ
Creation for a fixed appointed term ⓘ
Creation of the heavens and the earth with truth ⓘ
Warning to disbelievers ⓘ
usedIn Exegetical works (tafsir) of Surah Al-Ahqaf ⓘ
Islamic theological discussions on purpose of creation ⓘ
usedToSupport Belief that creation is purposeful, not random ⓘ
Belief that the universe has a finite duration ⓘ
verseNumber 3 ⓘ

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Al-Ahqaf → containsVerse → Qur’an 46:3 ⓘ