What is the blessing on which Allah swears? What Allah says about swearing?
The Being of Allah goes beyond our perceptions. He is transcendental… One of His attributes which points out to our weakness to understand Him is
“Muhalafat li’l-hawadith” which means that Allah does not resemble to any of His creation…
He is beyond time and place… He is the First, the Last, the Everlasting, the One whose existence remains… May His glory be glorified.
Allah Almighty did not manifest His attributes of “Khalq (to Create) and Baqa (to be everlasting)” in any one of His creation. He made all His creation bound/limited by time and space. The human beings, jinn, angels, animals and all other creation are bound by time. Allah determined a certain time for each. The living beings have a limited life time, while He determined the Last Day for the end of inanimate beings.
Time and life have special meanings for the human beings and the jinn. Because, while other creatures leave the world of existence after they complete their lifetimes and duties, the end of man’s and jinn’s lifetime is not a real end but a transition to an eternal life. How the capital of life time has been employed in this world will determine how the eternal life will be. Accordingly, the eternal life in the hereafter can be a pleasure or a sorrow or can be a reward or a torment.
There are two calendars working in the sky to serve man to measure the time. The Moon and the Sun are flowing towards a destination determined by Allah Almighty…
This whole flow is an opportunity for man to contemplate…
Source: The Universe, The Qur’an And The Human, Osman Nuri Topbaş, Erkam Publications