Az-Zukhruf • EN-TAFSIR-IBN-ABBAS
﴿ وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴾
“Yet thus it is [with most people]: if thou ask them, “Who is it that has created the heavens and the earth?” - they will surely answer, “The Almighty, the All-Knowing has created them.””
(And if thou (Muhammad) ask them) i.e. the disbelievers of Mecca: (Who created the heavens and the earth, they) i.e. the disbelievers of Mecca (will surely answer: The Mighty) in His dominion and sovereignty, (the Knower) of His providence and created beings (created them);