Al-Muuminun 23:17 ولقد خلقنا فوقكم سبع طرايق وما كنا عن الخلق غافلين ١٧
وَلَقَدۡ
خَلَقۡنَا
فَوۡقَكُمۡ
سَبۡعَ
طَرَآئِقَ
وَمَا
كُنَّا
عَنِ
ٱلۡخَلۡقِ
غَٰفِلِينَ
١٧
And indeed, We created above you seven levels ˹of heaven˺. We are never unmindful of ˹Our˺ creation.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
His Sign in the creation of the Heavens
After mentioning the creation of man, Allah then mentions the creation of the seven heavens. Allah often mentions the creation of the heavens and earth alongside the creation of man, as He says elsewhere:
لَخَلْقُ السَّمَوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ الن
…His Sign in the creation of the Heavens
After mentioning the creation of man, Allah then mentions the creation of the seven heavens. Allah often mentio
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