How long did it take for "God" to create the heaven & earth?

Answer 1

6 days and on the 7th he rested

Answer 2

God created the heavens and the earth in six days and rested on the seventh day.

Answer 3

[032:004] Allâh it is He Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them in six Days. Then He rose over (Istawâ) the Throne (in a manner that suits His Majesty). You (mankind) have none, besides Him, as a Walî (protector or helper) or an intercessor. Will you not then remember (or receive admonition)?

How dare you say he had to rest on the 7th.......

Explanation of the verse

Allah is the Creator and Controller of the Universe

Allah tells us that He is the Creator of all things. He created the heavens and earth and all that is between them in six days, then He rose over the Throne -- we have already discussed this matter elsewhere.

[مَا لَكُمْ مِّن دُونِهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلاَ شَفِيعٍ]

(You have none, besides Him, as a protector or an intercessor) means, only He is the Sovereign Who is in control of all affairs, the Creator of all things, the Controller of all things, the One Who is able to do all things. There is no Creator besides Him, no intercessor except the one to whom He gives permission.

[أَفَلاَ تَتَذَكَّرُونَ]

(Will you not then remember) -- this is addressed to those who worship others apart from Him and put their trust in others besides Him -- exalted and sanctified and glorified be He above having any equal, partner, supporter, rival or peer, there is no God or Lord except Him.

[يُدَبِّرُ الاٌّمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ إِلَى الاٌّرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ]

(He directs the command from the heavens to the earth; then it will go up to Him,) means, His command comes down from above the heavens to the furthest boundary of the seventh earth. This is like the Ayah,

[اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ وَمِنَ الاٌّرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ الاٌّمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ]

(It is Allah Who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof. The command descends between them, ) (65:12) Deeds are raised up to the place of recording above the lowest heaven. The distance between heaven and earth is the distance of five hundred years traveling, and the thickness of the heaven is the distance of five hundred years. Mujahid, Qatadah and Ad-Dahhak said, "The distance covered by the angel when he descends or ascends is the distance of five hundred years, but he covers it in the blink of an eye.'' Allah says:

[فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَذَلِكَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ]

(in one Day, the measurement of which is a thousand years of your reckoning. That is He, the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen,) meaning, He is controlling all these affairs. He sees all that His servants do, and all their deeds, major and minor, significant and insignificant, ascend to Him. He is the Almighty Who has subjugated all things to His control, and to Whom everybody submits, and He is Most Merciful to His believing servants. He is Almighty in His mercy and Most Merciful in His might. This is perfection: might combined with mercy and mercy combined with might, for He is Merciful without any hint of weakness.

Answer 4

I'm assuming the question is not as simple as it sounds. He took 6 days to create the earth. As to heaven, I have no idea. You'll have to ask him for that.

Answer 5

lol Laural you silly man! :D

I think this is a good question

So if 1000 earth years is 1 day in Heaven, Thats means it took him 6000 earth years to create it all? I'd really like to know this too.

Concerning the Sabath, its Saturday right? not Sunday.

I heard somewhere that Catholic church changed Gods day from Saturday to Sunday is this true?

Answer 6

The creation of the universe, the earth, and life on it is described in the first chapter of Genesis. The account is ordered on the basis of what God did on each "day" (the Hebrew word yom2). Although Yom is usually translated in our English dictionaries as "day," its meanings are much more broad than what we (English speakers) tend to associate with the word "day." Yom actually has three main meanings; daylight portion of a solar day (i.e., sunrise to sunset), a 24-hour solar day, or a long period of time. Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew definitions list definitions referring to long periods of time such as "year," "lifetime," and "time, period (general).

Answer 7

I dont know. The web site shows the Flying Spaghetti Monster creating things with His noodley appendages but I did not see a time frame included.

Ramen !

Answer 8

6 days he rested on the 7th With that said, a day is as a 1000 years and 1000 years as to 1 day to God...He is not bound by time.

Answer 9

In the realm of God and spirituality, there is no sense of time. Time doesn't exist. Hard for us as humans to comprehend.

Yet, for the sake of attempting to comprehend . . . I'd say it took God (or as you wrote " God " ) . . . it took less than a millionth of a nano second.

Answer 10

We have no idea of what the time was like in the beginning, 1 day could of been millions of years.

Answer 11

I would say a few billion years. The book of Genesis is about the beginning of man, not the creation of the earth.