فأوحى الله عز و جل إليه...
فأوحى الله عز و جل إليه: قد أجبت دعائك، فاصنع الفلك، و كان بين إجابة الدعاء و الطوفان خمسون سنة Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to him -as : ‘I -azwj have Answered your -as supplication. Build the ship!” And between the answering of the supplication and the flood was (a period of) fifty years’’.
[25] VERSES 13 & 14 مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا {13} What is the matter with you all not hoping to Allah for dignity, [71:13] وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا {14} And He has Created you in (various) phases? [71:14] وَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ وَ قَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْواراً قَالَ عَلَى اخْتِلَافِ الْأَهْوَاءِ وَ الْإِرَادَاتِ وَ الْمَشِيَّاتِ And Ali Bin Ibrahim said regarding His -azwj Words: And He has Created you in (various) phases? [71:14] .
He said, ‘Upon different whims, and intentions, and the desires’’. [26] VERSES 15 & 16 أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا {15} Do you not see how Allah Created seven skies as layers? [71:15] وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا {16} And Made the moon a light therein, and Made the sun a lamp?
[71:16] وفى رواية أبى الجارود عن أبى جعفر عليه السلام في قوله: سبع سماوات طباقا يقول: بعضها فوق بعض And in a report of Abu Al-Jaroud who said: ‘Abu Ja’far -asws regarding His -azwj Words: seven skies as layers [67:5] , he -asws said: ‘One on top of the other’.
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