1. Creation of the World
-The Process

2. ‫بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم‪‬‬

3. Earth is Created: 2 Days-
‫َ َ ْ رض في‬
ِ َ ْ َ ‫قُل أ َئ ِن ّك ُم ل َت َك ْفرون بال ّذي خل َق ال‬
ِ ِ َ ُ ُ ْ
ْ
َ
َ ‫ي َوْمي ْن وَت َجعَلون ل َه أندادا ذ َل ِك رب ال ْعال‬
‫َ مين‬
َ ِ ّ َ َ ً َ ُ َ ُ ْ ِ َ
“Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth
in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of
the worlds.”
[Al-Quran-Surah Fussilat (Explained in Detail): 9]

4. The Calculation
Begins:
Creation of Earth
TOTAL = 2 DAYS

5. Mountains and Sustenance: 2
Days
َ ِ َ َ َ َ
‫وَجعَل فيها رواسي من فَوْقِها وَبارك فيها‬
ِ َ ِ َ َ َ ِ َ َ
َ ‫وقَدر فيها أ َقْواتها في أ َربعة أ‬
‫ْ َ َ ِ يام ٍ سواء‬
َ َ ّ ِ ََ َ َ ِ َّ َ
ِ ّ ّ
‫للسائ ِلين‬
َ
“And He placed on the earth firmly set mountains over its
surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its
[creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction - for
[the information] of those who ask.”
[ Al-Qur’an-Surah Fussilat (Explained in Detail): 10]

6. +
Mountains Food Chain Water Cycle
Allah Blessed the Earth and Provided
Sustenance
TOTAL = 2 DAYS/Time Periods

7. Willingness of Creation
‫ث ُم است َوى إ ِلى السماء وَه ِي د ُخان فَقال ل َها‬
َ َ َ ٌ َ َ َ ّ َ َ ْ ّ
‫وَل ِل َرض ا ِئ ْت ِيا ط َوْعا أ َوْ ك َرها قال َتا أ َت َي ْنا طائ ِعين‬
َ ِ َ َ َ َ ً ْ ً َ ِ ْ ْ
Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke
and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly
or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."
[Al-Quran-Surah Fussilat (Explained in Detail): 11]

8. 7 Heavens, Commands and
Adornment: 2 Days
َ ‫فَقضاهُن سبع سماوات في يومين وأ‬
‫ّ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ٍ ِ َ ْ َ ْ ِ َ وْحى‬
َ َ َ
َ ‫في ك ُل سماء أ‬
‫ّ َ َ مرها وَزي ّنا السماء الد ّن ْيا‬
َ َ ّ ّ َ َ َ ْ ِ
ِ ‫ب ِمصابيح وَحفظا ذ َل ِك ت َقدير ال ْعَزيزِ ال ْعَليم‬
ِ ِ ُ ِ ْ َ ً ْ ِ َ ِ َ َ
“And He completed them as seven heavens within two days
and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned
the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the
determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.”
[Al-Qur’an-Surah Fussilat (Explained in Detail): 12]

9. +
Seven Adornment
Heavens and with Stars
Commands
TOTAL = 2 DAYS/Time Periods

10. Adding it All Up
2 + 2 + 2
= 6 DAYS/Time

11. What Many of Us Don’t
Realize…
ْ ‫ل َخل ْقُ السماوات وال َرض أ َك ْب َر من خل‬
‫ُ ِ ْ َق‬ ْ َ ِ َ َ ّ َ
ِ ِ ْ
‫مون‬ َ ‫الناس وَل َك ِن أ َك ْث َر الناس ل ي َعْل‬
َ
َ ُ ِ ّ َ ّ ِ ّ
“The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the
creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.”
[Al-Qur’an – Surah Al-Ghafir (The Forgiver):57]