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the Sahih, it is related from Umar [ibn al-Khattab]—may Allah be pleased with him—(1) that he said:

“The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—delivered a sermon to us in which he recounted the beginning of creation, continuing until the people of Paradise entered their dwellings and the people of the Fire entered theirs.” (2)

Likewise, the Torah (3) contains [that which accords with] (4) Allah’s account (5) in the Quran: that the earth was submerged in water, that the air was blowing (6) over the water, that in the beginning Allah created the heavens and the earth, and that He created them over the course of days.

This is why certain scholars among the People of the Book have said: What Allah mentions in the Torah indicates that He created this world from other matter and that He created it within a span of time (7) before creating the sun and the moon.

Nothing that [Allah Most High] has related (8) in the Quran or elsewhere states that He created the heavens and the earth without matter, or that He created humankind, the jinn, or the angels (9) without matter. Rather, Allah relates that He created them from matter, even though that matter was itself created from other matter—just as He created humankind (10) from Adam and created Adam from clay. And in the Sahih of

(1) N reads: “from Ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with him”; M reads: “from Umar—may Allah be pleased with him.” (2) The hadith narrated from Umar ibn al-Khattāb—may Allah be pleased with him—is found in *Sahīh al-Bukhārī*, 4/106 (Book of the Beginning of Creation, first chapter). (3) N and M read: “And likewise in the Torah”; A reads: “And this is in the Torah”; B reads: “This, and in the Torah.” (4) “That which accords with” is omitted from N and M. (5) M alone reads: “as Allah has related.” (6) “Was blowing” is omitted from M alone. (7) A and B read: “periods of time.” (8) N and M read: “He has related.” (9) N and A read: “the human being, the jinn, or the angels”; M reads: “the human being, the jinn, and the angels.” The reading adopted in the text is from B. (10) M alone reads: “the human being.”

الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عُمَرَ [بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ] رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ (١) قَالَ: «خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - خُطْبَةً فَذَكَرَ بَدْءَ الْخَلْقِ حَتَّى دَخَلَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ مَنَازِلَهُمْ وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ مَنَازِلَهُمْ» (٢) . وَهَكَذَا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ (٣) [مَا يُوَافِقُ] (٤) خَبَرَ اللَّهِ (٥) فِي الْقُرْآنِ، وَأَنَّ الْأَرْضَ كَانَتْ مَغْمُورَةً بِالْمَاءِ، وَالْهَوَاءُ يَهُبُّ (٦) فَوْقَ الْمَاءِ، وَأَنَّ فِي أَوَّلِ الْأَمْرِ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ، وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ ذَلِكَ فِي أَيَّامٍ. وَلِهَذَا قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ: مَا ذَكَرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ خَلَقَ هَذَا الْعَالَمَ مِنْ مَادَّةٍ أُخْرَى، وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ ذَلِكَ فِي زَمَانٍ (٧) قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ. وَلَيْسَ فِيمَا أَخْبَرَ [اللَّهُ تَعَالَى] بِهِ (٨) فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَغَيْرِهِ أَنَّهُ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَادَّةٍ، وَلَا أَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَ أَوِ الْجِنَّ أَوِ الْمَلَائِكَةَ (٩) مِنْ غَيْرِ مَادَّةٍ، بَلْ يُخْبِرُ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ خَلَقَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مَادَّةٍ، وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْمَادَّةُ مَخْلُوقَةً مِنْ مَادَّةٍ أُخْرَى، كَمَا خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَ (١٠) مِنْ آدَمَ وَخَلَقَ آدَمَ مِنْ طِينٍ، وَفِي صَحِيحِ

(١) ن: عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -؛ م: عَنْ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -. (٢) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٤/١٠٦ (كِتَابُ بَدْءِ الْخَلْقِ، الْبَابُ الْأَوَّلُ) . (٣) ن، م: وَهَكَذَا فِي التَّوْرِيَةِ؛ ا: وَهَذَا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ؛ ب: هَذَا وَفِي التَّوْرَاةِ. (٤) مَا يُوَافِقُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٥) م (فَقَطْ) : كَمَا أَخْبَرَ اللَّهُ. (٦) يَهُبُّ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (م) فَقَطْ. (٧) ا، ب: أَزْمَانٍ. (٨) ن، م: أَخْبَرَ بِهِ. (٩) ن، ا: الْإِنْسَانَ أَوِ الْجِنَّ أَوِ الْمَلَائِكَةَ؛ م: الْإِنْسَانَ وَالْجِنَّ وَالْمَلَائِكَةَ. وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (ب) . (١٠) م (فَقَطْ) : الْإِنْسَانَ.