Surah 15:85
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وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَأٓتِيَةٞۖ فَٱصۡفَحِ ٱلصَّفۡحَ ٱلۡجَمِيلَ
We did not create the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, except in truth. Surely the Hour is coming indeed, so excuse (them) gracefully.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
Surely your Lord – He is the Creator, the Knowing.
"86. Verily, your Lord is the Knowing Creator."
Allah says,
{And We did not create the heavens and the earth and all that is between them except with the truth, and the Hour is surely coming}, i.e., with justice to -
{requite those who do evil with that which they have done} [53:31]
Allah says,
Then Allah informed His Prophet about the Hour, and that it will be the faults of the idolators when they insult him and reject the Message that he brings to them. This is like the Ayah,
{So turn away from them, and say: "Salam (Peace!)." But they will come to know} (43:89).
Mujahid, Qatadah and others said: "This was before fighting was prescribed". It is as they said, because this Surah was revealed in Makkah and fighting was prescribed after the Hijrah.
{Verily, your Lord is the Knowing Creator} (15:86).
This is a confirmation of the Day of Resurrection and that Allah, may He be exalted, is able to bring the Hour to pass. He is the Creator and nothing is beyond Him. He is the Knowing, Who knows what has been dispersed from people's bodies and scattered throughout the regions of the earth, as He says: