Then will they not believe?

Then will they not believe?” [21:30] Prophet said in a Hadith: And it is due to the water that everything remains, and is alive, just as my Lord Blessed and Exalted Says: And We Made from the water, all living things, so will they not believe? [21:30]’. (an extract) [85] ‘A man from the scholars of the people of Syria came up to 5 th successor of Prophet (c. 676–732). He said, ‘O Abu Ja’far (the 5 th successor of Prophet, c.

676–732 ), I have come to ask you, since a question which has exhausted me in finding one who could explain it to me, and I have asked three kinds of the people about it, so each type from them said something other than what the other one said’.

So, Abu Ja’far said to him: ‘What would that be?’ He said, ‘I ask you about the first thing what Allah Created from His creatures, for some of the ones I asked said it was the Destiny, and some of them said it was the Pen, and some of them said it was the Spirit’. So, Abu Ja’far said: ‘They have not said anything.

I hereby inform you that Allah Blessed and Exalted Existed and there was nothing other than Him, and He was Mighty and there was no one who was mighty before Him, and these are is His Words: Glorious is your Lord, the Lord of Might, from what they are ascribing [37:180] , and He was the Creator before the creation, and Had He Created something from His Creation, something from something, then there would be no termination from it (the chain) ever, and it would never cease if Allah had something with Him and He did not precede it.

But He Existed when there was nothing other than Him. 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. 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.