Some Details of the Creation of this Universe Here

Allah denounces the idolators who worship other gods apart from Him although He is the Creator, Subduer and Controller of all things.

He says:

قُلْ أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ أَندَادًا ...

Say:

"Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days? And you set up rivals with Him.''

meaning, `false gods whom you worship alongside Him.'

... ذَلِكَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴿٩﴾

That is the Lord of the that exists.

the Creator of all things is the Lord of all the creatures.

Here the Ayah;

خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ

Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, (7:54)

is explained in more detail; the creation of the earth and the creation of the heaven are discussed separately.

Allah says that He created the earth first, because it is the foundation, and the foundation should be built first, then the roof.

Allah says elsewhere:

هُوَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى الاٌّرْضِ جَمِيعاً ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى إِلَى السَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَاتٍ

He it is Who created for you all that is on the earth. Then He rose over (Istawa ila) the heaven and made them seven heavens. (2:29)

With regard to the Ayat:

أَءَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّمَآءُ بَنَـهَا

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَـهَا

وَالاٌّرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَحَـهَا

أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَـهَا

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَـهَا

مَتَـعاً لَّكُمْ وَلاًّنْعَـمِكُمْ

Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed? He raised its height, and has perfected it. Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light). And after that He spread the earth, And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture. And the mountains He has fixed firmly, (to be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle. (79:27-33)

This Ayah states that the spreading out of the earth came after the creation of the heavens, but the earth itself was created before the heavens according to some texts.

This was the response of Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, as recorded by Al-Bukhari in his Tafsir of this Ayah in his Sahih.

He recorded that Sa`id bin Jubayr said:

"A man said to Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, saying: `I find some things in the Qur'an which confuse me:

فَلاَ أَنسَـبَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلاَ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

There will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another, (23:101)

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

And they will turn to one another and question one another, (37:27)

وَلاَ يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثاً

but they will never be able to hide a single fact from Allah, (4:42)

وَاللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ

By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others in worship with Allah, (6:23)

But in this Ayah they did hide something.

And Allah says: أَءَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّمَآءُ بَنَـهَا (Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed) until; وَالاٌّرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَحَـهَا (And after that He spread the earth). (79:27-30)

So He mentioned the creation of the heavens before the earth, then He said:

قُلْ أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ

Say: "Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days...'' until; طَآئِعِينَ (We come willingly).

Here He mentioned the creation of the earth before the creation of the heavens.

And He says:

وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُوراً رَّحِيماً

verily, Allah (Kana) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (4:23)

عَزِيزاً حَكِيماً

Most Powerful, All-Wise, (4:56)

سَمِيعاً بَصِيراً

All-Hearer, All-Seer. (4:58).

It is as if He was and is no longer.'

Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, replied:

فَلاَ أَنسَـبَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلاَ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

There will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another, (23:101),

this will happen when the Trumpet is blown for the first time.

فَصَعِقَ مَن فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَمَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ إِلاَّ مَن شَآءَ اللَّهُ

And all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth will swoon away, except him whom Allah wills. (39:68),

and at that time there will be no kinship among them, nor will they ask of one another. Then when the Sur will be blown again,

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

And they will turn to one another and question one another. (37:27)

With regard to the Ayat,

وَاللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ

By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others in worship with Allah, (6:23) and

وَلاَ يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثاً

but they will never be able to hide a single fact from Allah. (4:42),

Allah will forgive the sincere believers their sins, then the idolators will say,

`Let us say that we never joined others in worship with Allah.'

Then a seal will be placed over their mouths, and their hands will speak. Then it will be known that not a single fact can be hidden from Allah, and at that point,

يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ

those who disbelieved will wish, (4:42)

Allah created the earth in two days, then He created the heavens, then He (Istawa ila) the heaven and gave it its shape in two more days. Then He spread the earth, which means that He brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture. And He created the mountains, sands, inanimate things, rocks and hills and everything in between, in two more days.

This is what Allah says:

دَحَـهَا

(He) spread (the earth), (79:30)

And Allah's saying: خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ ((He) created the earth in two Days), So He created the earth and everything in it in four days, and He created the heavens in two days.

وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُوراً رَّحِيماً

verily, Allah (Kana) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful, (4:23)

This is how He described Himself, and this is how He still is. Whatever Allah wills comes to pass, so do not be confused about the Qur'an, for all of it comes from Allah.'''

This was recorded by Al-Bukhari.

... خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ ...

(He) created the earth in two Days,

means, on Sunday and Monday.