\n And He Created the thing from which are all things...

\n And He Created the thing from which are all things, and it is the water from which He Created the things. So, He Lineaged everything to the water and did not Make a lineage for the water to which it can be ascribed. And He Created the wind from the water, then Made the wind to overcome the water. Thereafter, the wind sent down into the body of the water until foam swirled from the water in accordance with what He so Desired it to swirl.

Thereafter, He Created from that foam, pure white land with no crack in it, nor any holes, neither ascending nor descending, and no tree. Then He Folded it, so He Placed it on top of the water. \n Then Allah Created the fire from the water, so the fire bust out of the body of the water until smoke arose from the water in accordance with Allah so Desired it to rise.

So, He Created from that smoke, clear and pure sky in which there were no cracks nor any holes, and these are His Words: Surely, in that is a lesson for one who fears [79:26] Are you the harder to create or the sky? He Built it [79:27] He Raised its ceiling, then Evened it [79:28] And He Covered its night and Extracted its brightness [79:29]. \n He said: \u2018And there was neither a sun, nor a moon, nor stars nor clouds.

Then He Folded it and Placed it upon the earth, then Established two creations. Then He Raised the sky before the earth, so that is His Words, Mighty is His Mention: And the earth, He Expanded it after that [79:30]. He is Saying that He Spread it out\u2019. \n So the Syrian said to him, \u2018O Abu Ja\u2019far, the Words of Allah the Exalted: Or do they not see, those who are committing Kufr, that the skies and the earth were joined up, and We Separated them? [21:30]\u2019.

\n So, Abu Ja\u2019far said: \u2018Perhaps you think that these two used to be stuck together and there were separated from each other?\u2019 He said, \u2018Yes\u2019. Abu Ja\u2019far said: \u2018Seek Forgiveness from your Lord, for it is in the Words Allah Mighty and Majestic that they were closed up, meaning that the sky used to be closed up and no rain descended from it, and the earth was closed up and did not grow any seed (vegetation) .

So, when Allah Blessed and Exalted Created the creatures, He Spread therein all kinds of animals. He Opened up the sky by the rain and the earth by the seed\u2019. \n The Syrian said, \u2018I testify that you are from the children of the Prophets -as and that your knowledge is their -as knowledge\u2019.