THEISM AND RESURRECTION (VERSE NO. 3 - 4)

      Following some hints to inspiration and prophethood, two important tenets which are taught by the apostle are put on the carpet. These two important principles are; Man's origin and destination:ِ

      ``Your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and then he applied to the Empyrean:ِ ''

IN SIX DAYS

      The creation in six days here is a metaphorical expression. Time in Quränic literature is based on relativity, because in S 22:47 it is cited that a day in sight of God is like a thousand years of our reckonings, and in another verse the comparison is with fifty thousands of our solar years. Therefore the six days may mean six period of time, or in six epochs of evolution.

      On the other hand the Arabic, ``ARSH'' translated here to empyrean, means a ceiling or a high throne or seat used by a king. Its connotation implies royal authority or power, such as saying Queen Elizabeth II succeeded to the throne in 1952. Therefore in our translation we have it as God's application to the Empyrean, after His creation of the heavens and the earth, to show that God's creation was a prelude to His work, and His protection Maintenance, and authority is continued for ever and is practised constantly.

      The next verse points to Resurrection which is God's promise in truth, that He will raise up the dead to give them their due rewards, and to show them the fruit of their deeds what so ever.

      Allah has originated the creation, and the Originator is also able to renew and to revive as He does that to plantations in the spring.

      God creates and moves the creatures at the begining and leads them in the path of evolution and development. Then by making man to die, He takes him into another kind of creation, and eventually restores him to a much developed physical life.