56 Preface قالَ بَل رَبُّكُم رَبُّ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ الَّذي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنا عَلىٰ ذٰلِكُم مِنَ الشّاهِدينَYusuf AliHe said, “Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He Who created them (from nothing):1 and I am a witness to this (Truth).For the various words for “creation” see n. 120 to 2:117, where f atara is explained and differentiated from other words of similar meaning.