Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD

The Quran teaches that the cosmos and all within it were created bil-Ḥaqq – in truth and with a just, wise purpose. This implies the universe is neither a random accident nor a futile plaything, but operates by fixed laws and serves meaningful ends.

Quranic Verses on Creation “Bil-Ḥaqq” (With Truth and Purpose)

The Qur’an contains numerous verses stating that Allah “created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, bil-Ḥaqq”, meaning “with truth”, i.e. for a just and wise purpose (as opposed to aimlessly or in vain). Below are key references:

• “We did not create the heavens and the earth and all that is between them except in truth…” – Qur’an 15:85 islamawakened.com. (Nothing in creation was made without a real purpose or just cause.) This verse immediately reminds that “the Hour [of Judgment] is coming”, linking purposeful creation to a moral end-pointislamawakened.com.
• “And He is the One who created the heavens and the earth in truth…” – Qur’an 6:73 thequran.love. (God’s act of creation is bil-ḥaqq, intentional and true.) The verse continues, “On the day He says, ‘Be,’ it is – His word is the truth,” affirming that God’s commands, like His creation, are grounded in truth thequran.love.
• “Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth. Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.” – Qur’an 29:44 thequran.love. (The ordered creation itself is a sign pointing to God’s truth for those who reflect.)
• “Do they not contemplate? Allah has not created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them except with truth and for an appointed term…” – Qur’an 30:8 thequran.love. Here bil-ḥaqq (with truth) is coupled with a finite term, implying the universe has an appointed lifespan and purpose, countering the notion of an eternal or meaningless cosmos. It warns that many people fail to believe they will meet their Lord, showing how denial of purpose in creation goes hand-in-hand with denying accountability thequran.love.
• “He created the heavens and the earth in truth; He wraps the night over the day and the day over the night, and subjected the sun and moon – each running for a specified term…” – Qur’an 39:5 thequran.love. This highlights the regularity of cosmic cycles (day/night, orbital motions) as deliberate, law-bound processes. Creation in truth here underpins the precise physical order of the universe (the alternation of day and night, the courses of the sun and moon).
• “Allah has created the heavens and the earth bil-ḥaqq so that every soul may be recompensed for what it has earned, and none shall be wronged.” – Qur’an 45:22 thequran.love. This verse explicitly ties creation “with truth” to justice and moral purpose: the universe is the stage for a just moral order in which human deeds will be repaid. The truth of creation here contrasts with any idea that life is unjust or without ultimate accountability.
• “We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them but with truth and for an appointed term…” – Qur’an 46:3 thequran.love. Again the Quran stresses purposeful creation and a fixed timeline for the cosmos. Nothing exists forever except God; creation is truthfully wrought and will fulfill its term. Yet disbelievers turn away from these warnings thequran.love.
• “We did not create the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in play. We did not create them except in truth, but most people do not know.” – Qur’an 44:38–39 islamawakened.com. Here “in truth” is explicitly set as the opposite of “in play” (i.e. not for sport or idle amusement). Most people fail to realize this reality. The Quran elsewhere has the believers exclaim, “Our Lord, You have not created all this in vain – far Exalted are You!” al-islam.org, affirming that nothing in the grand design of the cosmos is futile or without meaning.
• “Have you not seen that Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth? If He wills, He can remove you and bring (forth) a new creation.” – Qur’an 14:19 thequran.love. This challenges the listener to observe the world’s purposeful design and recognize God’s power to replace one creation with another. Creation bil-ḥaqq is linked here to God’s ability to enact wise change or rebirth.
• “He created the heavens and the earth with truth and shaped you, perfecting your form. And to Him is the final return.” – Qur’an 64:3 surahquran.com. Not only are the cosmos created with truth, but humanity’s own creation is intentionally well-proportioned. Our very bodies are formed with wisdom and goodness (“He made your forms excellent” islamicstudies.info), underlining that moral and aesthetic order pervade creation. Our ultimate return to Him again underscores the teleological (end-focused) nature of existence previous.quran.com.
• “He it is who made the sun a shining light and the moon a reflected light, and set its phases so you may know the number of years and calculation of time. Allah created that only in truth.” – Qur’an 10:5 al-islam.org. While not mentioning “heavens and earth” explicitly, this verse uses bil-ḥaqq to describe the astronomical order (sun and moon cycles) enabling human timekeeping. The phrasing “مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ” (“Allah did not create that except in truth”) emphasizes that even these celestial phenomena exist by truthful design – allowing science, calendars and ḥisāb (calculation) thequran.love. The Quran even notes that the word for “calculation” (al-ḥisāb) here can mean mathematics, subtly linking creation in truth with the mathematical regularities of nature thequran.love.

Together, these verses form a consistent Quranic theme: the universe (or even any multiverse, as the author of the referenced article suggests) is created bil-Ḥaqq – with absolute truth, justice, wisdom, and genuine purpose thequran.love. Classical commentators explain that “created with the truth” implies God’s creation is no frivolous act; it is a serious, wise enterprise by a Wise Creator surahquran.com. Everything in nature has a rational, beneficial objective, “and the element of it being purposeful is so evident that if a sensible person studies any created thing, he can discern the wise purpose for which it was made.” surahquran.com In contrast, to assume the world is a mere product of chance or “play” is deemed a false view rejected by the Qur’an islamawakened.comal-islam.org.

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