1498 Cf.
6:59. Nothing happens in Creation except by the Word of Allah and with the knowledge of Allah. Not a leaf stirs but by His Will. Its maintenance in every sense is dependent on His Will. 1499 Mustaqarr= definite abode; where a thing stops or stays for some time, where it is established. Mustawda' = where a thing is laid up or deposited for a little while. Referring to animals, the former denotes its life on this earth; the latter its temporary prenatal existence in the egg or the womb and its after-death existence in the tomb or whatever state it is in until its resurrection. 1500 Cf.
6:59 and n. 880, and
10:61 and n. 1450.