Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Ibrahim, Ayah 19
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(Hast thou not seen) have you not been informed, O Muhammad; Allah addressed His Prophet, but it is his people who are meant by this address: (that Allah hath created the heavens and the earth with truth) to explain the Truth and falsehood; it is also said that this means: He created them for evanescence and extinction? (If He will, He can remove you) He can destroy you, or make you die, O people of Mecca, (and bring (in) some new creation) and will create other beings who are better than you and more obedient to Allah.
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Have you not seen have you not observed O you being addressed this is an interrogative meant as an affirmative that God created the heavens and the earth in truth? bi’l-haqq is semantically connected to the action of the verb khalaqa ‘created’. If He will He can take you away O mankind and bring about a new creation in your place.