Tafseer (Commentary of the Holy Qur'an)

Creator and Controller of the universe. It constitutes an unassailable argument against idolatry.

We have not created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, but with truth, and for an appointed term; but those who disbelieve turn away from that of which they have been warned. (Surah Ahqaf 46:4)

The verse means to say that the creation of heavens and the earth is intended to serve an eternal purpose which is to serve man who is, God’s noblest handiwork, and the aim and object of whose life is to develop in himself Divine attributes. For the attainment by man of this grand and sublime object, God raised His Messengers in all times and among all peoples. To these Messengers He revealed Himself, and to them He gave His teaching. The greatest and noblest of these Divine Messengers was the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa, and the last and most complete and perfect code of Divine laws is the Quran.

The creation of the heavens and the earth also establishes the eternal truth that there is only One Designer,

The words “for an appointed time” signify that the universe had a beginning and will also have an end. It is to this great truth that the verses, “All that is on it will pass away. And there will remain only the Person of thy Lord, Master of Glory and Honour” (The Holy Qur’an with English Translation and Commentary 55:27-28)