( ألم تر أن الله خلق السماوات والأرض ) قرأ حمزة ، والكسائي " خالق السماوات والأرض " وفي سورة النور " خالق كل دابة " مضافا .
وقرأ الآخرون " خلق " على الماضي " والأرض " وكل بالنصب .
و " بالحق " أي : لم يخلقهما باطلا وإنما خلقهما لأمر عظيم ( إن يشأ يذهبكم ويأت بخلق جديد ) سواكم أطوع لله منكم .
Do you not know—and this language is directed to anyone it suits—that Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth, and He did not create them in vain? If He wishes to remove you, O people, and replace you with a different creation that will worship and obey Him in your place, He would have done so and produced a different creation that would worship and obey Him. It would be an easy matter for Him.