The Truth of Creation and the Call for Gracious Forbearance

Al-Hijr — Verses 85–86 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ ۖ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ ٨٥

And We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them except with truth, and the Hour is surely coming, so overlook (O Muhammad SAW), their faults with gracious forgiveness. [This was before the ordainment of Jihad holy fighting in Allah's Cause].

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا
And We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them
إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ
except with truth
وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ ۖ
and the Hour is surely coming
فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ
so overlook (O Muhammad SAW), their faults with gracious forgiveness

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ ٨٦

Verily, your Lord is the All-Knowing Creator.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ
Verily, your Lord is
هُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ
the All-Knowing Creator
الْعَلِيمُ