الوجودConceptExistence in the QuranالوجودTheology8Verses7Surahs14Connections#457of 828

Key Verses

1. 19:9Maryam
   قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٞ وَقَدۡ خَلَقۡتُكَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَلَمۡ تَكُ شَيۡـٔٗا
   He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me, even as I created thee before, when thou wast naught.
   In context

   The angel said: “The matter is as you have said, namely that your wife is barren and that you have reached the limit of old age and weakness of bones. However, your Lord said: For your Lord to create John from a barren mother and a father who has reached the extreme old age is easy. And I created you before this, O Zechariah, whilst you were not something to be mentioned as you were non-existent”.

2. 28:88Al-QasasCommand
   وَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۘ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ كُلُّ شَيۡءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجۡهَهُۥۚ لَهُ ٱلۡحُكۡمُ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ
   And cry not unto any other god along with Allah. There is no Allah save Him. Everything will perish save His countenance. His is the command, and unto Him ye will be brought back.
   In context

   And do not worship alongside Allah any god besides Him. There is no true god besides Him. Everything will perish besides His Face. For Him alone is the judgment; He judges as He wishes. And to Him alone you will be returned on the day of judgment to be reckoned and rewarded.

3. 36:82Ya-SinCommand
   إِنَّمَآ أَمۡرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيۡـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
   But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it: Be! and it is.
   In context

   The authority and prestige of Allah is such that when He intends to create something, all He says to it is “Be!” and so it happens as He intends it. His intending to give life, cause death, and resurrect is also like that.

4. 52:35At-TurCommand
   أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ
   Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators?
   In context

   Or have they been created without a creator to create them? Or are they their own creators? The existence of a creation without a creator or a creation which creates itself is impossible, so why do they not worship their own creator?

5. 55:26Ar-RahmanPraise
   كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ
   Everyone that is thereon will pass away;
   In context

   Every creation that is on the surface of the earth will inevitably perish.

6. 55:27Ar-Rahman
   وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ
   There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.
   In context

   The face of your Lord, O Messenger, the One of greatness, kindness and bounty for His servants, will remain and will never perish.

7. 57:3Al-HadidPraise
   هُوَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُ وَٱلۡأٓخِرُ وَٱلظَّـٰهِرُ وَٱلۡبَاطِنُۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٌ
   He is the First and the Last, and the Outward and the Inward; and He is Knower of all things.
   In context

   He is the First; nothing existed before Him. He is the Last; nothing will exist after Him. He is the Apparent; there is nothing above Him. He is the Intimate; there is nothing without Him, and He knows everything, He does not miss anything.

8. 76:1Al-InsanCommand
   هَلۡ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِ حِينٞ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهۡرِ لَمۡ يَكُن شَيۡـٔٗا مَّذۡكُورًا
   Hath there come upon man (ever) any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered?
   In context

   A long period of time has passed over man when he was non-existent and there was no mention of him.