Translation: To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the
earth: 5280 and all affairs are referred back to Allah.
Commentary:
5280 See 57:2 above, where this phrase referred to Allah's complete authority
over the whole of the external universe: the same phrase now refers to His
complete authority over the abstract world—of thoughts and affairs. Every affair
must finally go back to Him, whether it comes out here from Darkness into Light,
or hides itself from Light into Darkness. Allah's knowledge penetrates into the
inmost recesses of all Hearts.
5280 See 57:2 above, where this phrase referred to Allah's complete authority over the whole of the external universe: the same phrase now refers to His complete authority over the abstract world—of thoughts and affairs. Every affair must finally go back to Him, whether it comes out here from Darkness into Light, or hides itself from Light into Darkness. Allah's knowledge penetrates into the inmost recesses of all Hearts.