The Quran

Preface

وَما قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدرِهِ وَالأَرضُ جَميعًا قَبضَتُهُ يَومَ القِيامَةِ وَالسَّماواتُ مَطوِيّاتٌ بِيَمينِهِ ۚ سُبحانَهُ وَتَعالىٰ عَمّا يُشرِكونَ

Yusuf Ali

No just estimate have they made of God,¹ such as is due to Him: On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful,² and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: Glory to Him! High is He above the Partners they attribute to Him!

Cf. 6:91, and n. 909; and 22:74. In running after false gods or the powers of nature they have forgotten that all creatures are as nothing before God.
See last note. The whole earth will be no more to God than a thing that a man might enclose in the hollow of his hand, nor will the heavens with their vast expanse be more than a scroll, which a man might roll up with his right hand, the hand of power and action. Cf. 21:104, and 81:1. (R).