Al-Bidayah wa an-NihayahIbn Kathir

and follows His messengers, He will admit him to Paradise.

He went on to say: “The Tablet is a slab of white pearl. Its length spans the distance between heaven and earth, and its breadth the distance between east and west. Its margins are of pearl and ruby, its covers of red ruby. Its pen is light, and its writing is light, fastened to the Throne, while its lower end rests in the care of an angel.”

Anas ibn Mālik—along with other early authorities—said: “The Preserved Tablet is on the forehead of Isrāfīl.”

Maqātil said: “It is to the right of the Throne.”

Chapter: Reports Concerning the Creation of the Heavens, the Earth, and What Lies Between Them

Allah, Exalted is He, says:
“All praise belongs to Allah, who created the heavens and the earth and made darkness and light; yet those who disbelieve equate others with their Lord.” (Qur’an 6:1)

He, Most High, also says:
“He created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six days.” (Qur’an 25:59) —and the same statement occurs in several other verses of the Qur’an.

The commentators have differed regarding the extent of these six days, holding two views. The majority maintain that they are like our present days.

Ibn ʿAbbās, Mujāhid, al-Ḍaḥḥāk, and Kaʿb al-Aḥbār, however, said that each of those days equals one thousand years as you reckon them. This was reported by Ibn Jarīr and Ibn Abī Ḥātim, and Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal adopted this view in his book written in refutation of

(1) In B: “Allah admitted him into Paradise.” (2) In A: “min.” (3) And see Surah As-Sajdah, verse 4. (4) The phrase “hādhihi” (“this”) is not found in B. Khāzin states in his Tafsīr (vol. 2:95) that all creation was completed in six days, each day amounting to a thousand years, which is the view of the majority of scholars, while others maintain it was six days by the reckoning of worldly days. Ibn al-Jawzī remarks in Zad al-Masīr (vol. 3:211) that regarding “in six days,” Ibn ʿAbbās held each of those days to equal a thousand years—a position shared by Kaʿb, Mujāhid, and al-Dahhāk, with no known dissent—and that to claim they were like earthly days would be unfounded. See also al-Qurṭubī (vol. 7:219). (5) An addition from B. (6) Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī (vol. 8:146–147; vol. 17:129) and his History (Tarīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 1:44ff.); al-Qurṭubī (vol. 7:219); Ibn Kathīr (vol. 2:221).
واتَّبَعَ رُسُلَه، أدْخَلَهُ (١) الجنَّةَ. قال: وَاللَّوْحُ: لَوْحٌ منْ دُرَّةٍ بَيْضَاءَ. طُولُهُ ما بَيْنَ السَّماءِ والأرْضِ، وعَرْضُه ما بين المشرِقِ والمغْرب، وحافتاهُ الدرُّ والياقوتُ، ودفتاهُ ياقوتةٌ حَمراءُ، وَقَلمُهُ نُورٌ، وكلامهُ مَعْقُودٌ بالعَرْشِ، وأصْلُه في حجر ملك. وقال أنس بن مالك، وغيره من السلف: اللَّوْحُ المحفوظ في (٢) جبهةِ إسْرافيل. وقال مقاتل: هو عن يمين العرش. * * * [باب ما ورد في خلق السماوات والأرض وما بينهما] قال اللَّه تعالى: ﴿الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورَ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ﴾ [الأنعام: ١] . وفال تَعالى: ﴿خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ﴾ [الفرقان: ٥٩] في غير ما آية من القرآن (٣) . وقد اختلف المفسرون في مقدار هذه الستة الأيام على قولين: فالجمهور على أنها كأيامنا هذه (٤) . وعن ابن عبَّاس، ومجاهد، والضَّحَّاك، وكعب الأحبار: [أن] (٥) كلَّ يوم منها كألف سنةٍ مما تَعُدُّون. رواه ابن جرير (٦) ، وابن أبي حاتم. واختار هذا القول الإمام أحمد بن حنبل في كتابه الذي رد
(١) في ب: أدخله اللَّه الجنة. (٢) في أ: من. (٣) و [السجدة: ٤]. (٤) قوله: هذه؛ ليس في ب. أقول: قال الخازن في تفسيره (٢/ ٩٥): فتكامل جميع الخلق في ستة أيام، كل يوم مقداره ألف سنة، وهذا قول جمهور العلماء، وقيل: في ستة أيام من أيام الدنيا. وقال ابن الجوزي في زاد المسير (٣/ ٢١١): قوله: في ستة أيام، قال ابن عباس: مقدار كل يوم من تلك الأيام ألف سنة، وبه قال كعب، ومجاهد، والضحاك، ولا نعلم خلافًا في ذلك، ولو قال قائل: إنها كأيام الدنيا، كان قوله بعيدًا. وانظر القرطبي (٧/ ٢١٩). (٥) زيادة من ب. (٦) تفسير الطبري (٨/ ١٤٦ - ١٤٧ و ١٧/ ١٢٩) وتاريخه (١/ ٤٤) وما بعدها: والقرطبي (٧/ ٢١٩) وابن كثير (٢/ ٢٢١).

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