ٱللَّهُ
ٱلَّذِي
خَلَقَ
سَبۡعَ
سَمَٰوَٰتٖ
وَمِنَ
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
مِثۡلَهُنَّۖ
يَتَنَزَّلُ
ٱلۡأَمۡرُ
بَيۡنَهُنَّ
لِتَعۡلَمُوٓاْ
أَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
عَلَىٰ
كُلِّ
شَيۡءٖ
قَدِيرٞ
وَأَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
قَدۡ
أَحَاطَ
بِكُلِّ
شَيۡءٍ
عِلۡمَۢا
١٢
Allah is the One Who created seven heavens ˹in layers˺, and likewise for the earth. The ˹divine˺ command descends between them so you may know that Allah is Most Capable of everything and that Allah certainly encompasses all things in ˹His˺ knowledge.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
It is Allāh who has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them.1 [His] command descends among them so you may know that Allāh is over all things competent and that Allāh has encompassed all things in knowledge.
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah's Perfect Power
Allah the Exalted asserts His perfect power and infinite greatness, so that the great religion that He has legislated is honored and implemented,
اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَوَتٍ
(It is Allah Who has created seven heavens) Allah said in similar Ayat, like what Prophet Nuh
…Allah's Perfect Power
Allah the Exalted asserts His perfect power and infinite greatness, so that the great religion that He has legislated is honored
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