لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
To Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth: He gives life and brings death, and He has power over all things.
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 57:2
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 57:2] Refer to the summary of al Fatihah pertaining to the Biblical "Lord's prayer" on page 11. To Allah belongs the kingdom of the whole universe. It is His will which operates the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is between them and controls their functions through the laws made by Him. Aqa Mahdi Puya says: He is the first and the last, the manifest and the hidden, the real ever-existing supreme being. These attributes in their true sense cannot be applied to any save the infinite, the absolute and the eternal. Nothing can be said about Him save negation of the ideas and concepts applicable to the created beings of composite nature. His presence with the created beings refers to His all embracing omnipresence and renders null and void all anthropomorphic concepts of godhead. Refer to the commentary of Ha Mim: 9 to 12; Araf: 54 and Yunus: 3 and Baqarah: 255.