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He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in truth, that is to say, with the purpose of [manifesting] truth. And, mention, the day He says, to a thing, 'Be', and it is - this is the Day of Resurrection, when He says to creatures, 'Rise up', and they do. His words are the truth, the truth that will doubtless come to pass; and His is the dominion the day when the trumpet, the horn, is blown, the second blast by [the angel] Isrāfīl, when there shall be no dominion for any other than Him: 'Whose is the dominion today? Allah’s' [Q. 40:16]. He is the Knower of the Unseen and the visible, what is hidden and what may be seen. He is the Wise, in His creation, the Aware, of things inwardly hidden and outwardly manifest.