the One who has power over all things, the Owner of everything; all things are beneath His absolute subjugation and might, and every creature, in comparison to Him, is small and insignificant. He then declared Himself utterly free of the polytheists’ associationism and the ignorant ones’ belittlement of His Majesty.

Note:
1- The position of the early generations (salaf) regarding His statement: “…and on the Day of Resurrection the whole earth will be in His grasp and the heavens will be folded up in His right hand…” is to accept it as it has come, while affirming the reality it conveys, without distortion and without probing into its modality. The ḥadiths and transmitted reports elucidate and clarify it.
2- The lessons to be drawn from this verse will be set out after the ḥadiths related to this chapter.