This series is an attempt to help you to know  Allah your Creator.Verses 7:54-56 of the Noble Quran talk about: 1) Allah's Mercy is near to the righteous, 2) Allah does not love the aggressors in their supplications, 3) How to call upon Allah? Openly or in secret; in fear or in hope?, 4) Could Allah have created the heavens and the earth in an instant instead of six days? And 5) the stars, the sun, and the moon have been made subservient by Allah's command.

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The meaning of verse 7:54

Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, each day the equivalent of a thousand years. Had He willed He could have created them in an instant; but the reason for His not having done so is that He wanted to teach His creatures to be circumspect.  Then Allah presided upon the Throne, a presiding befitting of Him. He cloaks the night with the day, that is, He covers each one with the other: each following the other in swift pursuit, i.e. the day is in haste to follow the night and the night is in haste to follow the day,And the sun and the moon and the stars have been made subservient, have been subdued, by His command, by His power.His verily is all creation, the creation of the heavens and the earth (and what are between them) and His verily is all the commandments i.e. the judgment of people on the Day of Judgment. Blessed, Magnified, be Allah, the Possessor of grace; it is also said that this means: elevated is Allah; as it is said that this means: far exalted is Allah, the Lord, the Master of the Worlds!

The meaning of verse 7:55

O mankind! Call upon your Lord respectfully openly and in secret.  In other words, call upon your Lord humbly, in subservience, and quietly, in secret. Truly, He does not love the aggressors, who are braggarts and loud-mouthed in their supplications.  In other words, He does not love the aggressors, in their supplications, by calling for that which is not permissible for them against the righteous.

The meaning of verse 7:56

And work not corruption in the land, through idolatry, sins and invitation to other than Allah and acts of disobedience, after it has been set right, as a result of the sending forth of messengers to it, and call upon Him, worship Him in fear, of His punishment and His torment, and in hope, of His mercy that you shall enter His Paradise. Surely the mercy of Allah is near to the virtuous, the obedient.  In other words, Lo! the mercy of Allah, the Paradise of Allah is nigh unto the good, the believers who are good in their words and works.

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Verses 7:54-56 in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran:

Verse 7:54

QARIB: your lord is Allah, who, in six days created the heavens and the earth, and then willed to the throne. he throws the veil of night over the day. swiftly they follow one another. the sun, the moon, and the stars are compelled to his order. his is the creation, his is the command. blessed is Allah, the lord of the worlds.

SHAKIR: surely your lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, and he is firm in power; he throws the veil of night over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and (he created) the sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by his command; surely his is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, the lord of the worlds

PICKTHAL: lo! your lord is Allah who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then mounted he the throne. he covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by his command. his verily is all creation and commandment. blessed be Allah, the lord of the worlds!

YUSUFALI: your guardian-lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): he draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: he created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under his command. is it not his to create and to govern? blessed be Allah, the cherisher and sustainer of the worlds!

Verse 7:55

QARIB: supplicate to your lord with humility and in secret. he does not love the transgressors.

SHAKIR: call on your lord humbly and secretly; surely he does not love those who exceed the limits

PICKTHAL: (o mankind!) call upon your lord humbly and in secret. lo! he loveth not aggressors.

YUSUFALI: call on your lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds.

Verse 7:56

QARIB: do not make mischief in the earth after it has been put right. pray to him with fear and hope; his mercy is near to the righteous.

SHAKIR: and do not make mischief in the earth after its reformation, and call on him fearing and hoping; surely the mercy of Allah is nigh to those who do good (to others)

PICKTHAL: work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering (thereof). and call on him in fear and hope. lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto the good.

YUSUFALI: do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, but call on him with fear and longing (in your hearts): for the mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good.

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N.B.: Arsh in the classical Arabic language is throne,Al- Arsh means the throne  Literally, Al- Arsh means the elevated seat on which a king sits.