Frag Hadi
Back to full surahAn-Nûr 24:45
وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَابَّةٍ مِّن مَّاءٍ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَىٰ بَطْنِهِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَىٰ رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَىٰ أَرْبَعٍ ۚ يَخْلُقُ اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ٤٥
WaAllahu khalaqa kulla dabbatin min main faminhum man yamshee AAala batnihi waminhum man yamshee AAala rijlayni waminhum man yamshee AAala arbaAAin yakhluqu Allahu ma yashao inna Allaha AAala kulli shayin qadeerun
“Allah hath created every animal of water. Of them is (a kind) that goeth upon its belly and (a kind) that goeth upon two legs and (a kind) that goeth upon four. Allah createth what He will. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.” (24:45)
Allah's Power in His creation of the Animals
Allah mentions His complete and almighty power to create all the different kinds of animals with their various forms, colors and ways of moving and stopping, from one kind of water.
فَمِنْهُمْ مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَى بَطْنِهِ
(Of them there are some that creep on their bellies,) like snakes and so on;
وَمِنهُمْ مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَى رِجْلَيْنِ
(and some that walk on two legs,) like humans and birds;
وَمِنْهُمْ مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَى أَرْبَعٍ
(and some that walk on four,) like cattle and all kinds of animals. Allah says:
يَخْلُقُ اللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ
(Allah creates what He wills.) meaning by His power, because what He wills happens and what He does not will does not happen. So he says:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
(Verily, Allah is able to do all things.)
