Surat At-Talaaq · Divorce
Qur'an 65:12
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ وَمِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ ٱلْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًۢا
“It is Allāh who has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them. [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.”
At-Talaaq 65:12 · Saheeh International
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GUD ÄR Den som har skapat sju himlar och lika många jordar och genom dem alla strömmar [oupphörligt] Hans vilja. Detta för att ni skall veta att Gud har allt i Sin makt och att Gud omfattar allt med Sin kunskap.
Recited by Mishary Alafasy. Plays on through the surah.
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 سَمَـوَتٍ
(It is Allah Who has created seven heavens) Allah said in similar Ayat, like what Prophet Nuh said to his people,
أَلَمْ تَرَوْاْ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ طِبَاقاً
(See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another) (71:15), and,
تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّبْعُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ
(The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify him.) (17:44) Allah's statement,
وَمِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ
(and of the earth the like thereof.) means, He created seven earths. In the Two Sahihs, there is a Hadith that states,
«مَنْ ظَلَمَ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِين»
(Whoever usurps the land of somebody unjustly, even if it was a mere hand span, then his neck will be encircled with it down to the seven earths.) And in Sahih Al-Bukhari the wording is:
«خُسِفَ بِهِ إِلَى سَبْعِ أَرَضِين»
(...he will sink down to the seven earths.) In the beginning of my book, Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, I mentioned the various narrations for this Hadith when I narrated the story of the creation of the earth. All the thanks and praise is due to Allah. Those who explained this Hadith to mean the seven continents have brought an implausible explanation that contradicts the letter of the Qur'an and the Hadith without having proof. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat At-Talaq, all the thanks and praise is due to Allah.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged, English).
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