This One is “the firstborn of all creation. ” He is “the beginning of the creation by God, ” existing even before the creation of the material universe. ​ — Colossians 1: 15; Revelation 3: 14.
إِنَّهُ « بِدَايَةُ خَلِيقَةِ ٱللهِ » ٱلَّذِي كَانَ مَوْجُودًا قَبْلَ خَلْقِ ٱلْكَوْنِ ٱلْمَادِّيِّ .‏ —‏ كولوسي ١ :‏ ١٥ ؛‏ رؤيا ٣ :‏ ١٤‏ .‏