[Allāh, the Originator from nought :] He did not create things from eternal matter nor after every existing examples, but He created whatever He created and then He fixed limits thereto, and He shaped whatever He shaped and gave the best shape thereto. Nothing can disobey Him, but the obedience of something is of no benefit to Him. His knowledge about those who died in the past is the same as His knowledge about the remaining survivers, and His knowledge about whatever there is in the high skies is like His knowledge of whatever there is in the low earth.