Surat Ash-Shūraá (The Consultation)
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لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
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Lahu ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi wahuwa alAAaliyyu alAAatheem
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To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and He is the Most High, the Most Great.
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The surah then adds other attributes belonging to God: "His is all that is in the heavens and the earth. He is the Most High, the Supreme One." (Verse 4) People are often deluded, thinking that they own something of what they have in their hands; it appears to be at their disposal and they use it for their own benefit. Theirs, however, is not true ownership. The true owner is God who creates, brings to life and deals death. He alone can give people whatever He wishes, withhold, take away or replace what He chooses. He is the One who determines the nature of everything and conduces this in accordance with the law He has chosen . Everything, then, complies with his law and behaves according to it. Every single thing in the universe, thus, belongs to God, who is the sole owner, without partners. He is the 'Most High, the Supreme One.' His ownership is marked by His supremacy, making everything else appear lowly and inferior.
When this truth is well established in our minds, we know to whom we should turn to request what we wish for good things, provisions and earnings. Since He is the owner of the heavens and the earth, it is He who can decide what to give. Moreover, being 'the Most High, the Supreme', He does not degrade or demean those who stretch out their hands requesting what they want from Him, as they would feel if they made their requests to other creatures. The surah then gives us an aspect of the significance of God 's sole ownership of the universe and His supremacy. We see this in the heavens that are almost rent asunder, overawed as they are by God's greatness, when they realize that some earth dwellers deviate from the right way. continuation in the next verse(of this tafsir)... - filter_vintage﴿لَهُ مَا فِى السَّمَـوَت وَمَا فِى الاٌّرْضِ﴾(To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth,) means, everything is subject to His dominion and control.﴿وَهُوَ الْعَلِىُّ الْعَظِيمُ﴾(and He is the Most High, the Most Great.) This is like the Ayat:﴿الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعَالِ﴾(the Most Great, the Most High) (13:9), and﴿وَهُوَ الْعَلِىُّ الْكَبِيرُ﴾(He is the Most High, the Most Great) (22:62). And there are many similar Ayat.