Allah created everything by saying “Be” is what Muslims tell us. If this is true then we shouldn’t find any other way in the Qur’an that says Allah created something without saying “Be.” For instance, if Allah says “Be” and then creates by some other means would make saying “Be” meaningless.^[1]

Allah should say “Be” and nothing else would be necessary in order for that object to be brought into existence. In the Qur’an there’s an ayat which speaks of the creation of the heavens in Surah al-Dhāriyāt.

The verse says in Arabic that Allah used his hands to create the heavens, the word (بِأَيْدٍ) bi-aydin means hands not power as the translation above claims. Let’s take a look at all the deceptive translations in how they remove the word hands.

Sahih International: And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

Pickthall: We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).

Yusuf Ali: With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of pace.

Shakir: And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.

Mohsin Khan: With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof.

Arberry: And heaven — We built it with might, and We extend it wide.

There’s one translation that I’ve seen which honestly translates the verse and uses the word “hands.”

Chapter (51) Surat al-Dhāriyāt (The Wind that Scatter)

One Abdoool translator was either honest enough to include the word hands or he forgot to be deceptive and translated it correctly.

Muhammad Sarwar: We have made the heavens with Our own hands and We expanded it.

Chapter (51) Surat al-Dhāriyāt (The Wind that Scatter)

Taking a look at the Arabic grammar, syntax and morphology for this verse on Qur’an Corpus.com shows how deceptive the translators are in trying to hide the word hands.

This is where gets Allah busted! The Arabic word once again in the text is بِأَيْدٍ bi-aydin. Copy this word and place it into Google Translate and see what comes up for you, this is what I get when pasting it into Google Translate.

I also took the liberty of placing بِأَيْدٍ bi-aydin into the Arabic dictionary to see how the word is used, notice there’s no entry for the words strength, power or might. But we do indeed find the entry for hands.

There you have it, Allah didn’t use the word “Be” to create the heavens, instead he used his hands the same way he used his hands in creating Adam.^[2] Muslims have the audacity to claim Christians worship a creation, that’s a big fat lie!

We believe that God came in the form of a Man, namely the Lord Jesus Christ. We do not believe that man has become god, there’s a major difference between the two. Here we have Allah using his hands to create the heaven, but Abdoools say Allah says “Be and it is.” This means Allah cannot be god, he had to use his hands in creating the heaven he never said “Be.”

Conclusion

Muslims are so against the notion that Allah cannot enter creation and is nothing like his creation.^[3] Yet we see Allah using his hands in making the heavens 51:47. So the question for Muslims is how is it you reject Jesus Christ as God, because He’s a Man. Yet Allah has hands, a foot, face, and a harsh (throne).

For Christians we don’t have this problem because we know that Yahweh can do anything, even coming in the form of a man (Jesus Christ). And we see this all through the scriptures that God spake to Moses from a burning bush in Exodus 3:2, we also know of the story of God appearing to Abraham in Mamre Genesis 18:1, He also wrestled with Jacob Genesis 32:25-32.

We don’t have a problem with this but Muslims do because Allah is not a personal god and doesn’t have relationships. Thank the LORD the true God of Israel found in the Holy Bible. He loves us and wants a personal relationship with us that He would persue us by coming into the world as the Lord Jesus Christ.

Footnotes

[1] [2:117] Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, “Be,” and it is.

[2] (And man is ever hasty.) Salman Al-Farisi and Ibn `Abbas mentioned the story of Adam, when he wanted to get up before his soul reached his feet. When his soul was breathed into him, it entered his body from his head downwards. When it reached his brain he sneezed, and said, “Al-Hamdu Lillah” (praise be to Allah), and Allah said, “May your Lord have mercy on you, O Adam.” When it reached his eyes, he opened them, and when it reached his body and limbs he started to stare at them in wonder. He wanted to get up before it reached his feet, but he could not. He said, “O Lord, make it happen before night comes.” Alim.org. Ibn-Kathir Al-Qur’an Tafsir Surah 17. Al-Israa . Ayah 11. Retrieved from https://www.alim.org/quran/tafsir/ibn-kathir/surah/17/11/

[3] Among the firmly established principles in the Quran is that Allah Almighty is One, and that nothing of His creation resembles Him, as in Surah Al-Ikhlas [Quran 112], which equals one-third of the Quran, and in other Chapters. Islamweb.net (2018, October 2). Allah Is Free From Deficiency and Nothing Is Like Unto Him. Retrieved from https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/384256/allah-is-free-from-deficiency-and-nothing-is-like-unto-him