Allah, the Exalted, existed in Eternity without a beginning, thus was never non-existent. He is the only one whose existence is without a beginning. For many wisdoms Allah willed to create the universe and did create it masterfully.
Allah ordered the Original Water to be and existent it became. It began to exist after being non-existent—without an origin. From this Original Water Allah created everything else, alive or innate. Along with the Original Water Allah created the Time and Place.
The first thing Allah created after water was the ceiling of Paradise, known as The Throne (Al-^Arsh) and it is the largest creation in size, the limits of which are only known to Allah.
The next thing that God created is the High Pen. It is similar to light in form and as tall as the distance between earth and the first sky. After this Pen, God created the Guarded Tablet, in the form of one giant pearl surrounded with rubies.
The Divinely order was given to the Pen to write on the Guarded Tablet all what occurred and will occur and happen until the Day Of Judgment. The Pen submitted and wrote for 50,000 years.
After the Pen wrote 50,000 years without any one holding it, Allah created the heavens and earth and what in between them in six days, each equivalent to 1000 of our years. Masterfully Allah created seven skies and seven earths. Each sky is separate from the other sky by a vast distance, without pillars, and each earth is separate from the other earth by a vast distance.
The sun, the moon, the planets and the stars embellish the first sky—the blue color we see when we look up, and are underneath it.
God created light, darkness, Paradise, Hellfire, and the Chair known as Al-Kursiyy. Under the seventh earth Allah created Hellfire. Paradise is above the seventh sky and its ceiling is the Throne-- Al-^Arsh. The Chair's location from the Throne is similar to the location of the foot stool from ones bed. The Prophet described the size of the seven heavens compared to the size of the Chair-- Al-Kursiyy as like the size of a ring compared to the size of a vast open land. And the size of the Chair-- Al-Kursiyy compared to the size of the Throne Al ^Arsh as like the size of a ring compared to the size of a vast open land.
On Sunday and Monday, the first two of the six days in which Allah created seven skies and seven earths, Allah created the Earth. On Wednesday and Thursday Allah created the seven skies. On Thursday and Friday Allah created the mountains, rivers, trees, valleys and the other landmarks of the Earth that we live on. There are no humans living on the other six earths, but jinn, insects, beasts and animals.
Close to the beginning of Friday Allah created all the angels from light. During the day Allah created Satan (Iblis) who is a jinni and the head of the devils from the pure flame of fire. Toward the end of Friday the first man, Adam, was created. An angel was ordered to gather from every type of soil, the soft, the hard, the smooth, the rough, the red, the white, the black, the yellow and the soil was taken into Paradise and was mixed and kneaded with water from underneath al-^Arsh. The shape of Adam was molded and the soul was blown into it. Adam sneezed and the first thing he uttered was al-hamdulillahi rabil^alamin—I praise the Lord of the Worlds.
The Purpose of Creating the Jinn and Humans
Allah, the Exalted, created the humans and jinn for the purpose of ordering them to worship Him. The entire universe, including humans and jinn, is in need of Allah for its existence, continuity and ending while Allah needs none. Allah granted us life and the faculty of mind so we may acquire the knowledge with which we can properly believe in Allah and properly worship Him. The faculty of mind is capable of deducing that this universe has a Creator who needs none and is unlike anything in His Self, Attributes and Doings. However, the mind is not capable of deducing on its own how to worship the Creator. Allah did not leave the humans and jinn stranded not knowing what to do and what to live by. Rather Allah sent Prophets and Messengers to teach the people about Allah and about how to worship Him and what to live by.
The first of The Messengers and Prophets sent by Allah was Prophet Adam.
Allah knows best.
Allah ordered the Original Water to be and existent it became. It began to exist after being non-existent—without an origin. From this Original Water Allah created everything else, alive or innate. Along with the Original Water Allah created the Time and Place.
The first thing Allah created after water was the ceiling of Paradise, known as The Throne (Al-^Arsh) and it is the largest creation in size, the limits of which are only known to Allah.
The next thing that God created is the High Pen. It is similar to light in form and as tall as the distance between earth and the first sky. After this Pen, God created the Guarded Tablet, in the form of one giant pearl surrounded with rubies.
The Divinely order was given to the Pen to write on the Guarded Tablet all what occurred and will occur and happen until the Day Of Judgment. The Pen submitted and wrote for 50,000 years.
After the Pen wrote 50,000 years without any one holding it, Allah created the heavens and earth and what in between them in six days, each equivalent to 1000 of our years. Masterfully Allah created seven skies and seven earths. Each sky is separate from the other sky by a vast distance, without pillars, and each earth is separate from the other earth by a vast distance.
The sun, the moon, the planets and the stars embellish the first sky—the blue color we see when we look up, and are underneath it.
God created light, darkness, Paradise, Hellfire, and the Chair known as Al-Kursiyy. Under the seventh earth Allah created Hellfire. Paradise is above the seventh sky and its ceiling is the Throne-- Al-^Arsh. The Chair's location from the Throne is similar to the location of the foot stool from ones bed. The Prophet described the size of the seven heavens compared to the size of the Chair-- Al-Kursiyy as like the size of a ring compared to the size of a vast open land. And the size of the Chair-- Al-Kursiyy compared to the size of the Throne Al ^Arsh as like the size of a ring compared to the size of a vast open land.
On Sunday and Monday, the first two of the six days in which Allah created seven skies and seven earths, Allah created the Earth. On Wednesday and Thursday Allah created the seven skies. On Thursday and Friday Allah created the mountains, rivers, trees, valleys and the other landmarks of the Earth that we live on. There are no humans living on the other six earths, but jinn, insects, beasts and animals.
Close to the beginning of Friday Allah created all the angels from light. During the day Allah created Satan (Iblis) who is a jinni and the head of the devils from the pure flame of fire. Toward the end of Friday the first man, Adam, was created. An angel was ordered to gather from every type of soil, the soft, the hard, the smooth, the rough, the red, the white, the black, the yellow and the soil was taken into Paradise and was mixed and kneaded with water from underneath al-^Arsh. The shape of Adam was molded and the soul was blown into it. Adam sneezed and the first thing he uttered was al-hamdulillahi rabil^alamin—I praise the Lord of the Worlds.
The Purpose of Creating the Jinn and Humans
Allah, the Exalted, created the humans and jinn for the purpose of ordering them to worship Him. The entire universe, including humans and jinn, is in need of Allah for its existence, continuity and ending while Allah needs none. Allah granted us life and the faculty of mind so we may acquire the knowledge with which we can properly believe in Allah and properly worship Him. The faculty of mind is capable of deducing that this universe has a Creator who needs none and is unlike anything in His Self, Attributes and Doings. However, the mind is not capable of deducing on its own how to worship the Creator. Allah did not leave the humans and jinn stranded not knowing what to do and what to live by. Rather Allah sent Prophets and Messengers to teach the people about Allah and about how to worship Him and what to live by.
The first of The Messengers and Prophets sent by Allah was Prophet Adam.
Allah knows best.
