أَوَلَمۡ
يَرَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوٓاْ
أَنَّ
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ
كَانَتَا
رَتۡقٗا
فَفَتَقۡنَٰهُمَاۖ
وَجَعَلۡنَا
مِنَ
ٱلۡمَآءِ
كُلَّ
شَيۡءٍ
حَيٍّۚ
أَفَلَا
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
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Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?
— Saheeh International
Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Signs of Allah in the Heavens and the Earth and in the Night and the Day
Here Allah tells of His perfect might and power in His creation and subjugation of all things.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ
(Have not those who disbelieve known) means, those who deny His Divine nature and worship others
…The Signs of Allah in the Heavens and the Earth and in the Night and the Day
Here Allah tells of His perfect might and power in His creation and subjug
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