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Heaven (Sky)

السَّمَاء

The Arabic term السَّمَاء (Al-Samāʾ) refers broadly to the celestial expanse above us, encompassing both the physical "sky" we see and the majestic "heavens" in a broader, spiritual sense. In Islamic tradition, it stands as a profound sign of Allah's immense power and creative artistry. Allah is described as [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling], bringing forth rain and sustenance from it. The Quran further explains that [He directed Himself to the heaven... and made them seven heavens], highlighting a cosmic order beyond our immediate perception. More than just a physical canopy, the heavens symbolize Allah's ultimate dominion and omniscience, as [nothing is hidden from Allah on the earth or in the heaven]. While distinct from "Jannah" (Paradise), the heavens are also associated with spiritual ascent and the divine realm, with the righteous hoping for their [gates of Heaven will... be opened for them]. Thus, Al-Samāʾ serves as a constant reminder of the divine presence, power, and the vastness of Allah's creation, inviting believers to reflect on the wonders above and the Creator who fashioned them.

In Islamic cosmology, Al-Samāʾ (السَّمَاء) embodies a profound dual significance: it is both the tangible sky that arches above us and the majestic, multi-layered heavens representing realms beyond human perception. This celestial expanse, frequently mentioned in the Quran, serves as an undeniable sign (ayah) of Allah's unparalleled power, intricate design, and all-encompassing knowledge. From its role in sustaining life on Earth to its eschatological transformations, Al-Samāʾ stands as a constant reminder for believers to reflect on the divine artistry and the omnipotent Creator who fashioned it.

The Fabric of Creation: A Divine Canopy

The Quran consistently presents the heavens as a testament to Allah's creative might. Allah is described as the One who made and the sky a ceiling]. This imagery emphasizes a perfectly designed habitat for humanity, with the sky acting as a protective dome. Elaborating on this, the Quran states, . Tafsir al-Jalalayn explains this as being "preserved from collapsing," highlighting Allah's continuous maintenance of the cosmos. Ibn Kathir further clarifies that this protection guards against "anything reaching it," whether literally or figuratively, referring to spiritual threats like devils.

The creation of the heavens is not a whimsical act, as Allah declares, and aimlessly. Instead, it is a purposeful act, intended to manifest divine power and benefit creation. This purposeful design extends to the structure of the heavens, as Allah states He . This concept of seven heavens is reiterated in other verses, such as , showing an ordered, multi-tiered structure. Ma'arif-ul-Quran notes that this refutes older astronomical conjectures of nine heavens, aligning with the Quran's unique cosmological assertions. These heavens are further adorned, with Allah stating, , and . These celestial bodies are not merely aesthetic; they serve practical purposes and are integral to the cosmos.

Cosmic Order and Allah's Omniscience

Beyond its physical structure, Al-Samāʾ underscores Allah's absolute control and comprehensive knowledge. The heavens and earth remain standing , demonstrating a continuous divine administration rather than a one-time creation. This divine control is intertwined with Allah's omniscience, as and . The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) affirmed this, saying, .

This divine knowledge extends to every minute detail, including . Ibn Kathir expounds that this includes "the number of raindrops that sink into the depths of the earth, and the seeds that have been sown... and what ascends into it, i.e., righteous deeds and other things." This comprehensive knowledge reaffirms that Allah's governance is absolute and flawless, overseeing every aspect of existence in both the seen and unseen realms.

The Heavens in Sustenance and Earthly Life

The heavens play a crucial role in sustaining life on Earth, primarily through the sending down of rain. Allah is described as the One who . This connection between the sky, rain, and sustenance is a recurring theme. The Quran also states, . Tafsir al-Jalalayn interprets this as rain, which is a source of provision.

The mechanism involves winds, which Allah sends forth as fertilizing. Ibn Kathir explains these winds "fertilize the clouds so that they give rain, and fertilize the trees so that they open their leaves and blossoms." This intricate process transforms salty sea water into potable freshwater, a clear sign of divine wisdom and mercy. As Allah reminds, if you try to count the blessings of Allah, never will you be able to count them, emphasizing the countless benefits derived from this celestial provision. The purpose of presenting these signs is to invite humanity to reflect upon them, as truly therein are signs for every patient, thankful (person), leading to gratitude and deeper faith.

Spiritual Dimensions and Revelation from Above

The heavens are not merely physical entities but are also associated with spiritual realities and divine interactions. The celestial realm is the source of divine revelation, as the Quran states, We have revealed to you the Book... that you may bring forth mankind from darkness into light by their Lord's leave. The Quran itself is termed "the Remembrance" (Al-Dhikr), which Allah promises to protect, saying, Verily it is We Who have revealed the Remembrance and assuredly We will preserve it. Ibn Kathir narrates the story of a Jewish scribe who, after attempting to alter manuscripts of the Torah and Injil successfully, found it impossible to tamper with the Quran, leading him to accept Islam. This illustrates the Quran's divine protection, emanating from the heavens.

The heavens are also inhabited by angels, who act strictly under His command. Their constant worship and obedience contrast sharply with human disobedience. Furthermore, the heavens are guarded against devils. Allah states, them what is thrown at the devils]. The Quran also describes how Jinns tried to reach the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames. A Hadith narrated by Ibn `Abbas vividly illustrates this, recounting how devils attempting to eavesdrop on celestial news were struck by flames, leading them to discover the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)'s message . This highlights the unseen activities and the protection of divine knowledge in the heavens.

For the righteous, the heavens represent a path to divine favor. While the physical gates of heaven will not be opened for those who disbelieve , for believers, there is hope. The deeds of believers are described as ascending to heaven, akin to a goodly tree... whose branches (reach) to the sky, signifying acceptance and blessing. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) taught a prayer for steadfastness, acknowledging that guidance and straying are from Allah alone, a prayer often recited by the companions, "O You Who changes the hearts, make our hearts firm on Your religion" (Ibn Kathir on 3:8). This devotion reflects the spiritual aspiration towards the heavenly realm.

Eschatological Transformations

The present order of the heavens is not eternal; it will undergo cataclysmic changes on the Day of Judgment, serving as a powerful reminder of Allah's absolute power and the impending accountability. The Quran describes that day when sheet for the records]. This imagery is further elaborated in Hadith, where the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said that Allah will seize the Earth and the heavens will be in His Right Hand (Bukhari, related to 21:104).

Other verses depict the sky splitting apart: , ], , and , for that Day it is infirm]. These descriptions, like , illustrate the profound disruption and transformation of the cosmos. These events are not aimless but are part of Allah's comprehensive plan for resurrection and reckoning. As Allah initiated creation, so too will He repeat it, a promise binding upon Him . This transformative power serves as a clear warning to humanity that all will return to Allah for judgment.

The concept of Al-Samāʾ in Islam is thus an expansive one, encompassing the physical sky, the multilayered heavens, and their intricate connection to divine power, human sustenance, spiritual guidance, and the ultimate destiny of all creation. It serves as a constant and undeniable sign, inviting reflection and inspiring gratitude, fear, and hope in the boundless majesty of Allah.

Quran — 47 verses

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Allazee ja'ala lakumul arda firaashanw wassamaaa'a binaaa 'anw wa anzala minassamaaa'i maaa'an fa akhraja bihee minas samaraati rizqal lakum falaa taj'aloo lillaahi andaadanw wa antum ta'lamoon

[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].

جس نے تمھارے لیے زمین کو بچھونا اور آسمان کو چھت بنایا اور آسمان سے مینہ برسا کر تمہارے کھانے کے لیے انواع و اقسام کے میوے پیدا کئے۔ پس کسی کو خدا کا ہمسر نہ بناؤ۔ اور تم جانتے تو ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: That is to say, once one has understood that, in reality, Allah alone is the Creator and the Provider, one will have also understood that no one else can be worthy of worship and of being associated with Allah as an equal or rival god. To sum up, these two verses call men to what is the essential pu...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He Who assigned to you created for you the earth for a couch like a carpet that is laid out neither extremely hard nor extremely soft so as to make it impossible to stand firm upon it; and heaven for an edifice like a roof; and sent down from the heaven water wherewith He brought forth all types of ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Tawhid Al-Uluhiyyah Allah next mentioned His Oneness in divinity and stated that He has favored His servants by bringing them to life after they did not exist. He also surrounded them with blessings, both hidden and apparent. He made the earth a resting place for them, just like the bed, stable with...

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

Huwal lazee khalaqa lakum maa fil ardi jamee'an summas tawaaa ilas samaaa'i fasaw waahunna sab'a samaa waat; wa Huwa bikulli shai'in Aleem

It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.

وہی تو ہے جس نے سب چیزیں جو زمین میں ہیں تمہارے لیے پیدا کیں پھر آسمان کی طرف متوجہ ہوا تو ان کو ٹھیک سات آسمان بنا دیا اور وہ ہر چیز سے خبردار ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In recounting the blessings which man has received from Allah, verse 29 refers to Allah having created for man "all that the earth contains." This small phrase comprehends all kinds of benefits which accrue to him from the earth and its produce. Then, the verse speaks of the creation of the sky and ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth that is the earth and all that is in it so that you may benefit from and learn lessons from it; then after creating the earth He turned to that is He made His object heaven and levelled them fa-sawwāhunna the pronoun -hunna refers to ‘heaven’ sin...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Evidence of Allah's Ability After Allah mentioned the proofs of His creating them, and what they can witness in themselves as proof of that, He mentioned another proof that they can witness, that is, the creation of the heavens and earth. Allah said, هُوَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى الاٌّرْضِ جَمِ...

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَىْءٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

Innal laaha laa yakhfaa 'alaihi shai'un fil ardi wa laa fis samaaa'

Indeed, from Allah nothing is hidden in the earth nor in the heaven.

خدا (ایسا خبیر وبصیر ہے کہ) کوئی چیز اس سے پوشیدہ نہیں نہ زمین میں اور نہ آسمان میں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verse 3 which follows carries the reported proof of the Oneness of Allah. Briefly stated, it means that the principle of توحید tauhid as de-scribed in the Holy Qur'an is not something peculiar to the Qur'an or the Prophet of Islam. On the contrary, Allah Almighty has sent Scrip-tures such as the Tor...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Nothing no existent thing whatever is hidden in heaven and earth from God on account of His knowledge of universals and particulars. God specifies them heaven and earth because sensory perception does not go beyond these.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah states that He has perfect knowledge in the heavens and earth and that nothing in them is hidden from His watch. هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الاٌّرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ (He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He wills.) meaning, He creates you in the wombs as He wills, whether male or fema...

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Innal lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wastakbaroo 'anhaa laa tufattahu lahum ahwaabus samaaa'i wa laa yadkhuloonal jannata hattaa yalijal jamalu fee sammil khiyaat; wa kazaalika najzil mujrimeen

Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle. And thus do We recompense the criminals.

جن لوگوں نے ہماری آیتوں کو جھٹلایا اور ان سے سرتابی کی۔ ان کے لیے نہ آسمان کے دروازے کھولے جائیں گے اور نہ وہ بہشت میں داخل ہوں گے۔ یہاں تک کہ اونٹ سوئی کے ناکے میں سے نہ نکل جائے اور گنہگاروں کو ہم ایسی ہی سزا دیا کرتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Mentioned first in the set of verses cited above (35-37) is a pledge taken from every human being in the world of spirits, before being born into the material world. The pledge envisaged that they would, when the prophets of Allah come to them with Divine guidance and injunctions, listen ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Those who deny Our signs and scorn them not believing in them indeed the gates of heaven shall not be opened for them when their spirits are carried up to it after death for instead they are taken down into Sijjīn cf. Q. 837f. — in contrast to the believer for whom the gates are opened and his spiri...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Doors of Heaven shall not open for Those Who deny Allah's Ayat, and They shall never enter Paradise Allah said, لاَ تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَبُ السَّمَآءِ (for them the gates of the heavens will not be opened,) meaning, their good deeds and supplication will not ascend through it, according to Mujahid...

رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْفِى وَمَا نُعْلِنُ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

Rabbanaaa innaka ta'lamu maa nukhfee wa maa nu'lin; wa maa yakhfaa 'alal laahi min shai'in fil ardi wa laa fis samaaa'

Our Lord, indeed You know what we conceal and what we declare, and nothing is hidden from Allah on the earth or in the heaven.

اے پروردگار جو بات ہم چھپاتے اور جو ظاہر کرتے ہیں تو سب جانتا ہے۔ اور خدا سے کوئی چیز مخفی نہیں (نہ) زمین میں نہ آسمان میں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Brimming with wisdom, there is another prayer of Sayyidna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) which appears in the third verse (37) as follows: رَّ‌بَّنَا إِنِّي أَسْكَنتُ مِن ذُرِّ‌يَّتِي بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ‌ ذِي زَرْ‌عٍ عِندَ بَيْتِكَ الْمُحَرَّ‌مِ رَ‌بَّنَا لِيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ فَاجْعَلْ أَفْئِدَةً مِّنَ النَّاسِ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Our Lord You know what we hide keep secret and what we proclaim. And nothing min shay’in min is extra is hidden from God in the earth or in the heaven these may constitute God’s words or the words of Abraham.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْفِى وَمَا نُعْلِنُ (O our Lord! Certainly, You know what we conceal and what we reveal.) meaning, `You know the intention behind my supplication for the people of this town, seeking Your pleasure in sincerity to You. You know all things, apparent and hidden, and not...

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

Wa law fatahnaa 'alaihim baabam minas samaaa'i fazaloo feehi ya'rujoon

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

اوراگر ہم آسمان کا کوئی دروازہ اُن پر کھول دیں اور وہ اس میں چڑھنے بھی لگیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: A Lexical Note of Explanation The word: اَلشِيَعِ in the first verse (10) is the plural form of: شِیعہ (shah) which means the follower or helper of a person. Then, it is also used to denote a group which agrees upon particular beliefs and theoretical assumptions. So, the sense of the statement is th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And even if We were to open for them a gate from the heaven and they were to continue ascending through it the gate
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Stubborn Disbelievers will never believe, no matter what Signs and Wonders They see Allah explains the extent of their disbelief and stubborn resistance to the truth by stating that even if a door to heaven were to be opened for them, and they were to be taken up through it, they would still not...

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

Wa laqad ja'alnaa fissamaaa'i buroojanw wa zaiyannaahaa linnaazireen

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

اور ہم ہی نے آسمان میں برج بنائے اور دیکھنے والوں کے لیے اُس کو سجا دیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sequence Mentioned in the previous verses was the doggedness and hostility of deniers and disbelievers. In the present verse, and in those which follow immediately after, clear proofs of the Oneness, Knowledge and Power of Allah Ta’ ala have been given. Described alongside is what transpires before ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily We have placed in the heaven constellations twelve of them Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo al-sunbula Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius and Pisces which are the mansions of the seven orbiting planets Mars rules Aries and Scorpio Venus Taurus and Libra Mercury Gemini and Vi...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Power of Allah and His Signs in the Heavens and on Earth To those who ponder, and look repeatedly at the dazzling signs and wonders that are to be seen in the creation, Allah mentions His creation of the heavens, with their immense height, and both the fixed and moving heavenly bodies with which...

قَالَ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Qaala Rabbee ya'lamul qawla fis samaaa'i wal ardi wa Huwas Samee'ul Aleem

The Prophet said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

(پیغمبر نے) کہا کہ جو بات آسمان اور زمین میں (کہی جاتی) ہے میرا پروردگار اسے جانتا ہے۔ اور وہ سننے والا (اور) جاننے والا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَفَتَأْتُونَ السِّحْرَ‌ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُ‌ونَ (Would you then go along with sorcery while you have eyes to see? - 21:3) Those people used to discuss among themselves secretly that the claim of the Holy Prophet about his prophethood should not be accepted, because he was an ordinary human being lik...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He said to them ‘My Lord knows the words that are spoken in the heavens and the earth and He is the Hearer of what they keep secret the Knower’ of it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat Al-Anbiya' Al-Bukhari recorded that `Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid said that `Abdullah said, "Banu Isra'il, Al-Kahf, Maryam, Ta Ha and Al-Anbiya' - they are among the earliest and most beautiful Surahs and they are my treasure." بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ ...

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ

Wa maa khalaqnas samaaa'a wal arda wa maa bainahumaa laa'ibeen

And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

اور ہم نے آسمان اور زمین کو جو اور (مخلوقات) ان دونوں کے درمیان ہے اس کو لہوولعب کے لئے پیدا نہیں کیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْ‌ضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ (And We did not create the heavens and the earth ... 21:16.) It means that we have not created the sky and the earth, and everything that lies in between them for mere amusement. In the preceding verses a reference has b...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We did not create the heaven and the earth and all that is between them playing being frivolous but to indicate Our power and to benefit Our servants.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Creation was made with Justice and Wisdom Allah tells us that He created the heavens and the earth in truth, i.e. with justice. لِيَجْزِىَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيِجْزِى الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُواْ بِالْحُسْنَى (that He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done, and rewa...

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقْفًا مَّحْفُوظًا وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَٰتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

Wa ja'alnas samaaa'a saqfam mahfoozanw wa hum 'an Aayaatihaa mu'ridoon

And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.

اور آسمان کو محفوظ چھت بنایا۔ اس پر بھی وہ ہماری نشانیوں سے منہ پھیر رہے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَجَعَلْنَا فِي الْأَرْ‌ضِ رَ‌وَاسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ (And We created mountains on the earth, lest it should shake with them. 21:31) The word مَید (mayd) in Arabic language means to be convulsed. Therefore, the meaning of this verse is that Allah Ta` ala has planted mountains on the earth to hold...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We made the heaven a roof for the earth functioning like the roof of a house preserved from collapsing; and yet of the signs thereof namely the signs of this heaven such as the sun the moon and the stars they are disregardful failing to reflect on them and thus realise that the Creator of such t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): 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 othe...

يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُۥ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ

Yawma natwis samaaa'a kataiyis sijilli lilkutub; kamaa badaanaa awwala khalqin nu'eeduh; wa'dan 'alainaa; innaa kunna faa'ileen

The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.

جس دن ہم آسمان کو اس طرح لپیٹ لیں گے جیسے خطوں کا طومار لپیٹ لیتے ہیں۔ جس طرح ہم نے (کائنات کو) پہلے پیدا کیا اسی طرح دوبارہ پیدا کردیں گے۔ (یہ) وعدہ (جس کا پورا کرنا لازم) ہے۔ ہم (ایسا) ضرور کرنے والے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَ نَطْوِي السَّمَاءَ كَطَيِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ (The Day when We roll up the sky like a scroll rolls up the writings. - 21:104.) According to Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ the word سِّجِلِّ means a sheet of a book. ` Ali Ibn Abi Talhah, 'Aufi’, Mujahid, Qatadah, Ibn Jarir and Ibn Kathir have all ad...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The day yawma is in the accusative because of an implied preceding udhkur ‘mention’ when We shall roll up the heaven as the Scribe al-sijill being the name of an angel rolls up the written scroll that is the scroll of the son of Adam when he dies the lām of li’l-kitāb is extra; alternatively one may...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Heavens will be rolled up on the Day of Resurrection Allah says: this will happen on the Day of Resurrection: يَوْمَ نَطْوِى السَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ (And (remember) the Day when We shall roll up the heaven like a Sijill for books.) This is like the Ayah: وَمَا قَدَرُواْ اللَّهَ ...

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًا وَقَمَرًا مُّنِيرًا

Tabaarakal lazee ja'ala fis samaaa'i buroojanw wa ja'ala feehaa siraajanw wa qamaram muneeraa

Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.

اور (خدا) بڑی برکت والا ہے جس نے آسمانوں میں برج بنائے اور ان میں (آفتاب کا نہایت روشن) چراغ اور چمکتا ہوا چاند بھی بنایا

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: تَبَارَ‌كَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُ‌وجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَ‌اجًا وَقَمَرً‌ا مُّنِيرً‌ا ﴿61﴾ وَهُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ‌ خِلْفَةً لِّمَنْ أَرَ‌ادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ‌ أَوْ أَرَ‌ادَ شُكُورً‌ا ﴿62﴾ Glorious is the One who made stellar formations in the sky and placed therein a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: God exalted be He says Blessed magnified is He Who has placed in the heaven constellations twelve of them Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo al-sunbula Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius and Pisces. They are the mansions for the seven orbiting planets Mars rules Aries and Scorpio Venus T...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Mentioning the Might and Power of Allah Here Allah glorifies Himself and praises the beauty He created in the heavens of Al-Buruj, the giant stars, according to the view of Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Abu Salih, Al-Hasan and Qatadah. This is like the Ayah, وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَآءَ الدُّنْيَا بِم...

وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

Wa maaa antum bimu'jizeena fil ardi wa laa fissamaaa'i wa maa lakum min doonil laahi minw waliyyinw wa laa naseer

And you will not cause failure [to Allah] upon the earth or in the heaven. And you have not other than Allah any protector or any helper.

اور تم (اُس کو) نہ زمین میں عاجز کرسکتے ہو نہ آسمان میں اور نہ خدا کے سوا تمہارا کوئی دوست ہے اور نہ مددگار

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The infidels of Makkah believed that it is Allah who has created the whole universe, but they deemed it impossible that the people will be resurrected after they once die. The present verses have described the fallacy of their view. It is stated that repeating the process of creation is m...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And you will never be able to thwart Him your Lord and prevent Him from catching up with you on earth or in the heaven were you to be in it in other words you cannot elude Him; and you do not have besides God that is other than Him any guardian to defend you against Him or any helper to help you esc...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Evidence for Life after Death Allah tells us that Ibrahim, peace be upon him, showed them the proof of life after death, which they denied, in their souls. For Allah created them after they had been nothing at all, then they came into existence and became people who could hear and see. The One W...

وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَن تَقُومَ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ ثُمَّ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ دَعْوَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِذَآ أَنتُمْ تَخْرُجُونَ

Wa min Aayaatihee an taqoomas samaaa'u wal ardu bi-amrih; summa izaa da'aakum da'watam minal ardi izaaa antum takhrujoon

And of His signs is that the heaven and earth remain by His command. Then when He calls you with a [single] call from the earth, immediately you will come forth.

اور اسی کے نشانات (اور تصرفات) میں سے ہے کہ آسمان اور زمین اس کے حکم سے قائم ہیں۔ پھر جب وہ تم کو زمین میں سے (نکلنے کے لئے) آواز دے گا تو تم جھٹ نکل پڑو گے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sixth sign of divine omnipotence Existence of the sky and earth is by the command of Allah. When He will command the breakup of this system, this strong arrangement, which is working since thousands of years perfectly without a slight depreciation, will end up in no time. Then by the command of Alla...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And of His signs is that the heaven and the earth remain standing by His command by His will without any supports; then when He calls you to come out of the earth when Isrāfīl blows the Horn for the raising from the graves to commence lo! you shall come forth from it alive. Thus your coming forth ou...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ (And among His signs) which speak of His greatness, يُرِيكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاً (He shows you the lightning, for fear and for hope,) Sometimes you fear the heavy rain and destructive thunderbolts that follow it, and sometimes you feel hope, when you see a flash of lightni...

يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَهُوَ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٱلْغَفُورُ

Ya'lamu maa yaliju fil ardi wa maa yakhruju minhaa wa maa yanzilu minas samaaa'i wa maa ya'ruju feehaa; wa Huwar Raheemul Ghafoor

He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein. And He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

جو کچھ زمین میں داخل ہوتا ہے اور جو اس میں سے نکلتا ہے اور جو آسمان سے اُترتا ہے اور جو اس پر چڑھتا ہے سب اس کو معلوم ہے۔ اور وہ مہربان (اور) بخشنے والا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لِّيُعَذِّبَ اللَّـهُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتِ (with the result that Allah will punish the hypocrites, men and women, and the Mushriks, men and women, and will accept the repentance of the believing men and women. Surely Allah is Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful. [ 73]) The letter 'lam' used i...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He knows what penetrates the earth of water and so forth and what issues out of it of vegetation and so on and what comes down from the heaven of provision and so on and what ascends into it of deeds and so on and He is the Merciful to His friends the Forgiving to them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All Praise and the Knowledge of the Unseen belong to Allah Alone Allah tells us that all praise belongs to Him alone in this world and in the Hereafter, because He is the G...

أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِن نَّشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

Afalam yaraw ilaa maa baina aydeehim wa maa khalfahum minas samaaa'i wal ard; in nashad nakhsif bihimul arda aw nusqit 'alaihim kisafam minas samaaa'; inna fee zaalika la Aayatal likulli 'abdim muneeb

Then, do they not look at what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and earth? If We should will, We could cause the earth to swallow them or [could] let fall upon them fragments from the sky. Indeed in that is a sign for every servant turning back [to Allah].

کیا انہوں نے اس کو نہیں دیکھا جو ان کے آگے اور پیچھے ہے یعنی آسمان اور زمین۔ اگر ہم چاہیں تو ان کو زمین میں دھنسا دیں یا ان پر آسمان کے ٹکڑے گرا دیں۔ اس میں ہر بندے کے لئے جو رجوع کرنے والا ہے ایک نشانی ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The last verse (9): أَفَلَمْ يَرَ‌وْا إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم (Have they not, then, looked to the sky and the earth that lies before them and behind them? ) carries two chastening messages: (1) It proves that one can come to believe in the coming of the Qiyamah by pondering ov...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Have they not observed what is before them and what is behind them in other words what is above them and what is beneath them of heaven and earth? If We will it We can make the earth swallow them or let fall on them fragments read kisfan or kisafan ‘large pieces’ from the heaven a variant reading ha...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Disbelievers' Denial of Life after Death, and the Refutation of Their View Here Allah tells us how the disbelievers and heretics denied that the Hour will come, and mocked the Messenger ﷺ for speaking of it. وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ إِذَا مُزِّقْتُم...

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

Innaa zaiyannas samaaa 'ad dunyaa bizeenatinil kawaakib

Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars

بےشک ہم ہی نے آسمان دنیا کو ستاروں کی زینت سے مزین کیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the next verse, it was said: إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَوَاكِبِ (Verily, We have decorated the nearest sky with an adornment, the stars, - 37:6). Here, the expression السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا : (as-sama'ud-dunya: the nearest sky) means the closest sky. The sense is that Al...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: We have indeed adorned the lowest heaven with an adornment the stars that is to say adorned with their light or with them the stars the genitive annexation bi-zīnati’l-kawākib is for explication; similarly explicative is the reading of bi-zīnatin ‘with an adornment’ with nunation the adornment expla...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Adornment and Protection of the Heaven comes from Allah Allah tells us that He has adorned the lowest heaven with the heavenly bodies for those among the people of the earth who look at it. The stars and planets in the sky give light to the people of earth, as Allah says: وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السّ...

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَٰطِلًا ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ

Wa ma khalaqnas samaaa'a wal arda wa maa bainahumaa baatilaa; zaalika zannul lazeena kafaroo; fawi lul lillazeena kafaroo minan Naar

And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between them aimlessly. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve, so woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire.

اور ہم نے آسمان اور زمین کو اور جو کائنات ان میں ہے اس کو خالی از مصلحت نہیں پیدا کیا۔ یہ ان کا گمان ہے جو کافر ہیں۔ سو کافروں کے لئے دوزخ کا عذاب ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The delicate order of the verses These verses in which the basic beliefs of Islam, particularly that of the Hereafter, have been emphatically confirmed appear in between the description of events relating to Sayyidna Dawud (علیہ السلام) with an order that is extremely delicate and sublime...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We did not create the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in vain frivolously. That namely the creation of what has been mentioned as being for no particular purpose is the supposition of those who disbelieve from among the people of Mecca. So woe — a valley in hell-fire — to the ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Wisdom behind the Creation of This World Allah tells us that He did not create the creatures in vain; He created them to worship Him Alone, then He will gather them on the Day of Gathering and will reward the obedient and punish the disbelievers. Allah says: وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَآءَ وَالاٌّرْض...

ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَهِىَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْضِ ٱئْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا قَالَتَآ أَتَيْنَا طَآئِعِينَ

Summas tawaaa ilas-samaaa'i wa hiya dukhaanun faqaala lahaa wa lil ardi'tiyaaa taw'an aw karhan qaalataaa atainaa taaa'i'een

Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."

پھر آسمان کی طرف متوجہ ہوا اور وہ دھواں تھا تو اس نے اس سے اور زمین سے فرمایا کہ دونوں آؤ (خواہ) خوشی سے خواہ ناخوشی سے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ ہم خوشی سے آتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْ‌ضِ ائْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْ‌هًا قَالَتَا أَتَيْنَا طَائِعِينَ (and said to it and to the earth, "Come [ to My obedience ], both of you, willingly or unwillingly." Both said, "We come willingly." - 41:11) This command addressed to the earth and sky and their compliant and o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then He turned to the heaven when it was smoke consisting of rising vapours and He said to it and to the earth “Come both of you to what I desire from you willingly or unwillingly!” taw‘an aw karhan their syntactical locus is that of a circumstantial qualifier in other words ‘Come being obedient or ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Some Details of the Creation of this Universe Here Allah denounces the idolators who worship other gods apart from Him although He is the Creator, Subduer and Controller of all things. He says: قُلْ أَءِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِى خَلَقَ الاٌّرْضَ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ أَندَاداً (Say...

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَٰهٌ وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَٰهٌ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Wa Huwal lazee fissamaaa'i Ilaahunw wa fil ardi Ilaah; wa Huwal Hakeemul'Aleem

And it is Allah who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.

اور وہی (ایک) آسمانوں میں معبود ہے اور (وہی) زمین میں معبود ہے۔ اور وہ دانا (اور) علم والا ہے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّ‌حْمَـٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْعَابِدِينَ (Had there been a son for the Rahman, I would have been the first to worship - 43:81) It does not mean that, God forbid, there is any possibility of Rahman (Allah) having offspring. What is really being said is that the H...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And He it is Who in the heaven is God fi’l-samā’i ilāhun pronounce here both hamzas or drop the first one or softening it into a yā’ in other words Who in the heaven is the Worshipped One and in the earth is God both adverbials are semantically connected to what follows; and He is the Wise in the ma...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ حـم - تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَـبِ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ (Ha-Mim. By the manifest Book.) means, plain and clear in both wording and meaning, because it was revealed in the language of the Arabs, which is the most eloquent language for communication among pe...

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ

Famaa bakat 'alaihimus samaaa'u wal ardu wa maa kaanoo munzareen

And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.

پھر ان پر نہ تو آسمان کو اور زمین کو رونا آیا اور نہ ان کو مہلت ہی دی گئی

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Weeping of the Sky and the Earth فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْ‌ضُ "So, neither the sky and earth wept over them... (44:29) ". This means they did not perform any righteous deeds on earth which would weep for them when they died, nor did any of their righteous deeds ascend through the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So neither the heaven nor the earth wept for them — in contrast to the case with believers at the point of whose death weep both their places of prayer on earth and the route by which their deeds ascend the heaven; nor were they reprieved nor were they deferred until they were able to make repentanc...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Musa and Fir`awn, and how the Children of Israel were saved Allah tells us, `before these idolators, We tested the people of Fir`awn, the copts of Egypt.' وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ (when there came to them a noble Messenger.) means, Musa, peace be upon him, the one to whom Allah spoke...

أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

Afalam yanzurooo ilas samaaa'i fawqahum kaifa banainaahaa wa zaiyannaahaa wa maa lahaa min furooj

Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

کیا انہوں نے اپنے اوپر آسمان کی طرف نگاہ نہیں کی کہ ہم نے اس کو کیونکر بنایا اور (کیونکر) سجایا اور اس میں کہیں شگاف تک نہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: After mentioning the confused state of the infidels, Allah draws man's attention to His infinite power which He demonstrated by creating what is bigger than that which they wondered about and whose possibility they discounted. Referring to the heaven, the Qur'an says: وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُ‌وجٍ (...an...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Have they not then looked with their own eyes at the heaven being above them in order to take heed by their own minds of the consequences for them when they deny the Resurrection how We have built it without supports and adorned it with planets and how there are no cracks in it? no fissures blemishi...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah's Power and Ability over what is Greater than Resurrection Allah the Exalted notifies the servants of His infinite power, which He demonstrated by creating what is bigger than that which they wondered about and whose possibility they discount, أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُواْ إِلَى السَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَ...

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ

Wassamaaa'i zaatil hubuk

By the heaven containing pathways,

اور آسمان کی قسم جس میں رسے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ إِنَّكُمْ لَفِي قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ (By the sky, having paths, you are (involved) in a contradictory statement - 51:7-8) Hubuk is the plural habikah and primarily denotes thin irregular lines or streaks on fabrics when woven. They resemble tracks and pathways; therefore p...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And by the heaven with all its tracks hubuk is the plural of habīka similar in pattern and meaning to turuq tarīqa ‘paths’ that is to say by the heaven that is created with tracks similar to tracks made in the sand
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Affirming the News of the Resurrection The Commander of the faithful, `Ali bin Abi Talib may Allah be pleased with him, ascended the Minbar in Kufah and declared, "Any Ayah...

وَفِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ

Wa fissamaaa'i rizqukum wa maa too'adoon

And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.

اور تمہارا رزق اور جس چیز کا تم سے وعدہ کیا جاتا ہے آسمان میں ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِ‌زْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ (And in the heavens, there is your sustenance and all that you have been promised.... 51:22). The plain and simple interpretation of this is that 'in heaven' here means what has been written in the Preserved Tablet (Al-Lauh-ul-Mahfuz). It is clear that m...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And in the heaven is your provision that is the rain from which results the vegetation that is your provision and there is also what you are promised in the way of the ultimate return reward and punishment in other words all of this is foreordained in the heaven.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Qualities of Those Who have Taqwa and Their Reward Allah the Exalted informs about those who have Taqwa, that on the Day of their Return they will be amidst gardens and springs. To the contrary the miserable ones will be amidst torment, punishment, fire and chains. Allah said, ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَـه...

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

Wassamaaa'a banainaa haa bi aydinw wa innaa lamoosi'oon

And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

اور آسمانوں کو ہم ہی نے ہاتھوں سے بنایا اور ہم کو سب مقدور ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Proofs of Allah's Oneness abound in the Creation of the Heavens and Earth The preceding verses mentioned the reality of the Hereafter and the Judgment Day, and the punishment of those who denied the reality. The present set of verses reaffirm the perfect power of Allah, reminding us about the realit...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And the heaven We built it with might and indeed We are powerful one says āda’l-rajulu or ya’īdu to mean ‘he is strong’; and awsa‘a’l-rajulu to mean ‘he has become capable dhū sa‘a and strong’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Proofs of Allah's Oneness abound in the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth Allah reminds us of the creating of the higher and lower worlds, وَالسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـهَا (We constructed the heaven.) meaning, `We made it as a high roof, protected from falling,' بِأَيْدٍ (with Hands), meaning, with str...

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ

Wassaqfil marfoo'

And [by] the heaven raised high

اور اونچی چھت کی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Al-Bait-ul-Ma` mur وَالْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ‌ (and by the Populated House [ AI-Bait-ul-Ma` mur ],...52:4) Al-Bait-ul-Ma` mur is the Ka'bah in the heaven meant for the angels' service and is parallel to the Ka'bah on earth. According to a Tradition in Sahihain that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said about his As...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and the raised roof that is to say the heaven
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat At-Tur Malik narrated that Jubayr bin Mut`im said, "I heard the Prophet reciting Surat At-Tur while praying Maghrib. Surely, I have never heard a more beautiful voice or recitation than his recitation." This Hadith is recorded in the Two Sahihs using...

يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا

Yawma tamoorus samaaa'u mawraa

On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

جس دن آسمان لرزنے لگا کپکپا کر

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَ تَمُورُ‌ السَّمَاءُ مَوْرً‌ا (...the Day when the sky will tremble, a horrible trembling, ...52:9) The lexicographical denotation of the word mawr is violent shaking, or movement caused by unrest. This verse describes the violent movement of the heavens on the Day of Resurrection.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: On the day yawma is operated by la-wāqi‘un ‘will assuredly take place’ when the heaven will heave with a great heaving when it will move and spin
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat At-Tur Malik narrated that Jubayr bin Mut`im said, "I heard the Prophet reciting Surat At-Tur while praying Maghrib. Surely, I have never heard a more beautiful voice or recitation than his recitation." This Hadith is recorded in the Two Sahihs using...

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

Am lahum sullamuny yastami'oona feehi falyaati mustami'uhum bisultaanim mubeen

Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.

یا ان کے پاس کوئی سیڑھی ہے جس پر (چڑھ کر آسمان سے باتیں) سن آتے ہیں۔ تو جو سن آتا ہے وہ صریح سند دکھائے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: { 1} It means that their arguments against Islam having failed on rational grounds, the only possibility was that they had a direct link with Allah whereby they have ensured that their faith was true, but no one could bring any proof of having such a link with Allah. (Muhammad Taqi Usmani) { 2} This...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Or do they have a ladder a means of ascension into the heaven whereby they eavesdrop? that is at the top of which they listen in on the conversations of the angels so that they are then able to dispute with the Prophet as they claim. If that is what they assert Then let their eavesdropper let the on...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Affirming Tawhid and annulling the Plots of the Idolators. This is the position where Tawhid of Allah's Lordship andDivinity are affirmed Allah the Exalted said, أَمْ خُلِقُواْ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَـلِقُونَ (Or were they created by nothing Or were they themselves the creators) Allah ask...

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ

Wa iny yaraw kisfam minas samaaa'i saaqitany yaqooloo sahaabum markoom

And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."

اور اگر یہ آسمان سے (عذاب) کا کوئی ٹکڑا گرتا ہوا دیکھیں تو کہیں کہ یہ گاڑھا بادل ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: { 1} It refers to the punishments faced by the disbelievers right in this world, like famines and the deterrent defeat in the battle of Badr. (Muhammad Taqi Usmani).
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And if they were to see a fragment a portion of the heaven falling on them — as they say Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us Q. 26187 as a chastisement for them — they would say this is ‘A heap of clouds!’ piled on top of one another that will bring us water; and so they do not believe.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Stubbornness of the Idolators; Their Punishment Allah the Exalted reaffirms the stubbornness of the idolators and their ignorance of what goes around them, وَإِن يَرَوْاْ كِسْفاً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ سَـقِطاً (And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down,) meaning, on them as punishmen...

فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ

Fafatahnaaa abwaabas sa maaa'i bimaa'im munhamir

Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

پس ہم نے زور کے مینہ سے آسمان کے دہانے کھول دیئے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Story of the People of Nuh (علیہ السلام) and the Lesson Learnt from it مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ‌ (and said, " (He is) a madman", and he was threatened...54:9). The word wazdujira literally denotes 'he was rebuked'. It refers to the attitude of the people of Nuh علیہ السلام who rebuked and threaten...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then We opened read fa-fatahnā or fa-fattahnā the gates of the heaven with torrential waters waters pouring down intensely
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of the People of Nuh and the Lesson from it Allah the Exalted said, كَذَّبَتْ (denied) `before your people, O Muhammad,' قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبْدَنَا (the people of Nuh. They rejected Our servant) means, they denied him categorically and accused him of madness, وَقَالُواْ مَجْنُونٌ ...

ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

Ashshamsu walqamaru bihusbaan

The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,

سورج اور چاند ایک حساب مقرر سے چل رہے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Allah's Signs الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ‌ بِحُسْبَانٍ (The sun and the moon are [ bound ] by a [ fixed ] calculation...55:5) This verse draws attention to two of the celestial bodies from among the bounties of Allah. They are especially mentioned presumably because the entire system of this world depends...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The sun and the moon follow a reckoning they move according to a strict calculation
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah Imam Ahmad recorded that Zirr said that a man said to Ibn Mas`ud: "How is this recited: "Ma'in Ghayri Yasin or Asin" He asked him, "Are you that proficient in reciting the whole Qur'an" He replied, "I recite the Mufassal section in one Rak`ah." So he said, "Woe to you! D...

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

Wassamaaa'a rafa'ahaa wa wada'al Meezan

And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

اور اسی نے آسمان کو بلند کیا اور ترازو قائم کی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَالسَّمَاءَ رَ‌فَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ (And He raised the sky high, and has placed the scale....55:7) The verbs rafa'a and wada` a are antonyms: rafa'a means 'to raise up' and wada'a means 'to put down'. The verse first describes that Allah has raised the heavens. This could have its obvious o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And He has raised the heaven and set up the balance He has established justice
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah Imam Ahmad recorded that Zirr said that a man said to Ibn Mas`ud: "How is this recited: "Ma'in Ghayri Yasin or Asin" He asked him, "Are you that proficient in reciting the whole Qur'an" He replied, "I recite the Mufassal section in one Rak`ah." So he said, "Woe to you! D...

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ

Fa-izan shaqqatis samaaa'u fakaanat wardatan kaddihaan

And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil -

پھر جب آسمان پھٹ کر تیل کی تلچھٹ کی طرح گلابی ہوجائے گا (تو) وہ کیسا ہولناک دن ہوگا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يُرْ‌سَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ‌ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَ‌انِ (A flame of fire and a smoke will be loosed against you, and you will not [ be able ] to defend... 55:35) Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ and other leading authorities on Qur'anic exegesis have said that the word shuwaz with refers to '...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when the heaven is split open when it becomes open with many gates in preparation for the descent of the angels and it turns crimson wardatan literally ‘a rose’ in other words red like this rose like tanned leather red skins in contrast to its the heaven’s usual appearance the response to idhā ‘...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Horrors of the Day of Resurrection Allah said, فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ (Then when the heaven is rent asunder,) on the Day of Resurrection; this meaning is clear in this and similar Ayat, such as, وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ (And the heaven will be rent asunder, for th...

وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَٰهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

Wa laqad zaiyannas samaaa'ad dunyaa bimasaa beeha wa ja'alnaahaa rujoomal lish shayaateeni wa a'tadnaa lahum 'azaabas sa'eer

And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.

اور ہم نے قریب کے آسمان کو (تاروں کے) چراغوں سے زینت دی۔ اور ان کو شیطان کے مارنے کا آلہ بنایا اور ان کے لئے دہکتی آگ کا عذاب تیار کر رکھا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُ‌جُومًا لِّلشَّيَاطِينِ (And We have decorated the nearest sky with lamps, and have made them devices to stone the devils, and We have prepared for them the punishment of Hell....67:5). The word 'masabih' (translated above as 'la...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily We have adorned the lowest heaven the one closest to the earth with lamps with stars and made them missiles against the devils should they attempt to listen by stealth in which case a meteor of fire detaches itself from the star just like a brand is taken from a fire and either kills that...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat Al-Mulk Imam Ahmad recorded from Abu Hurayrah that Allah's Messenger ﷺ said, «إِنَّ سُورَةً فِي الْقُرْآنِ ثَلَاثِينَ آيَةً شَفَعَتْ لِصَاحِبِهَا حَتْى غُفِرَ لَهُ: تَبَارَكَ الَّذِى بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ» (Verily, there is a chapter in the Qur'an which...

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

Wanshaqqatis samaaa'u fahiya yawma 'izinw-waahiyah

And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.

اور آسمان پھٹ جائے گا تو وہ اس دن کمزور ہوگا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ‌ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ (Then, when the Trumpet will be blown for the first time…69:13). Tirmidhi records a Hadith on the authority of Sayyidna ` Abdullah Ibn ` Umar ؓ that صور sur 'trumpet' is a horn- like object which will be blown on Doomsday. نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ('for the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and the heaven will be rent asunder — for it will be very frail on that day —
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Mention of the Horrors of the Day of Judgement Allah informs of the horrors that will take place on the Day of Judgement. The first of these events is the blowing of fright (into the Trumpet), which will be followed by the blowing of destruction when everyone in the heavens and the earth will be s...

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

Yawma takoonus samaaa'u kalmuhl

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

جس دن آسمان ایسا ہو جائے گا جیسے پگھلا ہوا تانبا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّهُمْ يَرَ‌وْنَهُ بَعِيدًا وَنَرَ‌اهُ قَرِ‌يبًا (They see it far off, and We see it near....70:6-7). In this context, the expressions 'far off and 'near' do not refer to time or space, but 'far off in terms of possibility and occurrence. The verse purports to describe that the pagans see the occ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The day when the heaven will be yawma takūnu’l-samā’u is semantically connected to an omitted clause implicitly taken to be yaqa‘u ‘it will take place’ as molten silver
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Terrors of the Day of Judgement Allah says that the torment will befall the disbelievers. يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَآءُ كَالْمُهْلِ (The Day that the sky will be like the Al-Muhl.) Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ata, Sa`id bin Jubayr, `Ikrimah, As-Suddi and others have all said, "Like the residue of oil." وَتَكُ...

وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا

Wa annaa lamasnas sa maaa'a fa wajadnaahaa muli'at harasan shadeedanw wa shuhubaa

And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

اور یہ کہ ہم نے آسمان کو ٹٹولا تو اس کو مضبوط چوکیداروں اور انگاروں سے سے بھرا پایا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا السَّمَاءَ فَوَجَدْنَاهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَ‌سًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا (...and that we sought [ to reach ] the sky, but we found it filled with stern guards and flames....72:8). The word sama' is used in two different senses: 'sky' as well as 'cloud'. It would appear that here the word is...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The jinn say And we made for the heaven we desired to listen by stealth but we found it filled with mighty guards from among the angels and meteors scorching stars this was at the time of the sending of the Prophet s.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Jinns stealing Information from the Sky before the the Messenger ﷺ was sent and striking Them with flaming Fire after His Coming. Allah informs about the Jinns when He sent His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ and revealed the Qur'an to him. Among the ways He protected it (the Qur'an) was by filling sky wit...

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ

Wa izas samaaa'u furijat

And when the heaven is opened

اور جب آسمان پھٹ جائے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَاقِعٌ ( …that which you are promised is sure to happen…77:7) This is the subject of these oaths. It means that the Day of Judgment, Reckoning, and Reward and Punishment that is promised by the Prophets (علیہم السلام) has certainly to be fulfilled. Allah then describes some of...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and when the heaven is rent asunder
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Revelation of this Surat and its Recitation in the Maghrib Prayer Al-Bukhari recorded from `Abdullah - that is Ibn Mas`ud -- that he said, "While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave at Mina, وَالْمُرْسَلَـتِ (By the Mursalat.) was revealed to him. He was ...

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا

A-antum a shaddu khalqan amis samaa-u banaaha.

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

بھلا تمہارا بنانا آسان ہے یا آسمان کا؟ اسی نے اس کو بنایا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّـهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَ‌ةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ (So, Allah seized him for the deterrent punishment in the Hereafter and the present world....79:25). The word nakal means an 'exemplary punishment' or 'an extremely severe punishment given to an offender to deter others against committing a simila...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Are you read a-antum pronouncing both hamzas or by substituting an alif for the second one not pronouncing it and inserting an alif between the one not pronounced and the former or without this insertion namely you the deniers of the Resurrection harder to create or the heaven which He has built? ha...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Creating the Heavens and the Earth is more difficult than repeating Creation in refutation of the claim rejecting resurrection due to the renewal of creation after its original state, Allah says; ءَأَنتُمْ (Are you) `O people' أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّمَآءُ (more difficult to create or is the heave...

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Raf'a sam kaha fasaw waaha

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

اس کی چھت کو اونچا کیا اور پھر اسے برابر کر دیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّـهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَ‌ةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ (So, Allah seized him for the deterrent punishment in the Hereafter and the present world....79:25). The word nakal means an 'exemplary punishment' or 'an extremely severe punishment given to an offender to deter others against committing a simila...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He made it rise high — an explication of the manner of its construction; in other words He made its vertical extension high; it is also said that samkahā means ‘its ceiling’ — and levelled it He made it even flawless
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Creating the Heavens and the Earth is more difficult than repeating Creation in refutation of the claim rejecting resurrection due to the renewal of creation after its original state, Allah says; ءَأَنتُمْ (Are you) `O people' أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّمَآءُ (more difficult to create or is the heave...

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

Wa aghtasha lailaha wa akhraja duhaaha.

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

اور اسی نے رات کو تاریک بنایا اور (دن کو) دھوپ نکالی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّـهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَ‌ةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ (So, Allah seized him for the deterrent punishment in the Hereafter and the present world....79:25). The word nakal means an 'exemplary punishment' or 'an extremely severe punishment given to an offender to deter others against committing a simila...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and darkened its night and brought forth its day He exposed the light of its sun ‘night’ has been annexed to it the heaven because it represents its shade and likewise the ‘sun’ because it represents its light;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Creating the Heavens and the Earth is more difficult than repeating Creation in refutation of the claim rejecting resurrection due to the renewal of creation after its original state, Allah says; ءَأَنتُمْ (Are you) `O people' أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّمَآءُ (more difficult to create or is the heave...

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ

Izas samaaa'un fatarat

When the sky breaks apart

جب آسمان پھٹ جائے گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَ‌سُولٍ كَرِ‌يمٍ ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْ‌شِ مَكِينٍ (it [ the Qur'an ] is surely the word of a noble messenger [ Jibra'il ], the one possessing power and a high status with the Lord of the Throne...81:19-20). This is the subject of oath that affirms that Qur'an is the word br...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: When the heaven is split open when it is rent asunder
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat Al-Infitar An-Nasa'i recorded from Jabir that Mu`adh stood and lead the people in the Night prayer, and he made the recitation of his prayer long. So the Prophet said, «أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ؟ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ عَنْ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَى...

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

Izas samaaa'un shaqqat

When the sky has split [open]

جب آسمان پھٹ جائے گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The present Surah depicts the conditions that will prevail on the Day of Judgment, such as reckoning and accountability, reward of good and torment of evil. The heedless man is asked to look into himself and his environs, which will lead him to believe in Allah and the Qur'an. [ The power...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: When the heaven is rent asunder
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Prostration of Recitation in Surat Al-Inshiqaq It is reported from Abu Salamah that while leading them in prayer, Abu Hurayrah recited, إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انشَقَّتْ (When the heaven is split asunder.) and he prostrated during its recitation. Then when he completed the ...

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

Wassamaaa'i zaatil burooj

By the sky containing great stars

آسمان کی قسم جس میں برج ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ (I swear by the sky, the one having stellar formations....85:1) The word buruj is the plural of burj which means 'a large mansion or fortress'. The Qur'an says: وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِي بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ '...even though you are in fortified castles [ 4:78] ' Her...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: By the heaven of the constellations the twelve constellations of the planets — as explained in sūrat al-Furqān Q. 2561;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ (In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Interpretation of the Word Buruj Allah swears by the heaven and its Buruj. The Buruj are the giant stars, as Allah says, تَبَارَكَ الَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى السَّمَآءِ بُرُوج...

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

Wassamaaa'i wattaariq

By the sky and the night comer -

آسمان اور رات کے وقت آنے والے کی قسم

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary After swearing an oath by the sky and stars, in this Surah, Allah asserts that He has assigned a guardian angel to every human being who watches over his deeds and actions, and accurate and immediate record is kept on the basis of which the reckoning will be made, and on the Day of Reckon...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: By the heaven and the night-visitor! al-tāriq actually denotes any thing that comes by night including stars because they come out at night.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat At-Tariq An-Nasa'i recorded that Jabir said, "Mu`adh lead the Maghrib prayer and he recited Al-Baqarah and An-Nisa'. So the Prophet said, «أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ، مَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاه...

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

Wassamaaa'i zaatir raj'

By the sky which returns [rain]

آسمان کی قسم جو مینہ برساتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ (I swear by the sky that rains...86:11) The word raj refers to 'the rain that comes down repeatedly'. In other words, the rain that comes down and stops and then returns.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: By the heaven of returns of the rain that returns time and again
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Swearing to the Truthfulness of the Qur'an and the Failure of Those Who oppose it Ibn `Abbas said, "Ar-raj` means rain." It has also been narrated from him that he said, "It means the clouds that contain rain." He also said, وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ (By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives r...

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

Wa ilas samaaa'i kaifa rufi'at

And at the sky - how it is raised?

اور آسمان کی طرف کہ کیسا بلند کیا گیا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ (So, do they not look at the camels how they are created...88:17) The Qur'an first described the conditions of the Hereafter; and it then went on to depict the reward of the believers and the retribution of the unbelievers. Now it turns attention to...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And the heaven how it was raised?
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Exhortation to look at the Creation of the Camel, the Heaven, the Mountains and the Earth Allah commands His servants to look at His creations that prove His power and greatness. He says, أَفَلاَ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ (Do they not look at the camels, how they are created) Ind...
Hadith — 1 tradition
Sahih al-Bukhari 65:441sahih

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ انْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي طَائِفَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ عَامِدِينَ إِلَى سُوقِ عُكَاظٍ، وَقَدْ حِيلَ بَيْنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَبَيْنَ خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ، وَأُرْسِلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الشُّهُبُ فَرَجَعَتِ الشَّيَاطِينُ فَقَالُوا مَا لَكُمْ فَقَالُوا حِيلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ وَأُرْسِلَتْ عَلَيْنَا الشُّهُبُ‏.‏ قَالَ مَا حَالَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ إِلاَّ مَا حَدَثَ، فَاضْرِبُوا مَشَارِقَ الأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا فَانْظُرُوا مَا هَذَا الأَمْرُ الَّذِي حَدَثَ‏.‏ فَانْطَلَقُوا فَضَرَبُوا مَشَارِقَ الأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا يَنْظُرُونَ مَا هَذَا الأَمْرُ الَّذِي حَالَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ‏.‏ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ الَّذِينَ تَوَجَّهُوا نَحْوَ تِهَامَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِنَخْلَةَ، وَهْوَ عَامِدٌ إِلَى سُوقِ عُكَاظٍ، وَهْوَ يُصَلِّي بِأَصْحَابِهِ صَلاَةَ الْفَجْرِ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا الْقُرْآنَ تَسَمَّعُوا لَهُ فَقَالُوا هَذَا الَّذِي حَالَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ‏.‏ فَهُنَالِكَ رَجَعُوا إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ فَقَالُوا يَا قَوْمَنَا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ، وَلَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَا أَحَدًا‏.‏ وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏{‏قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ‏}‏ وَإِنَّمَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ قَوْلُ الْجِنِّ‏.‏

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out along with a group of his companions towards `Ukaz Market. At that time something intervened between the devils and the news of the Heaven, and flames were sent down upon them, so the devils returned. Their fellow-devils said, "What is wrong with you? " They said, "Something has intervened between us and the news of the Heaven, and fires (flames) have been shot at us." Their fellow-devils said, "Nothing has intervened between you and the news of the Heaven, but an important event has happened. Therefore, travel all over the world, east and west, and try to find out what has happened." And so they set out and travelled all over the world, east and west, looking for that thing which intervened between them and the news of the Heaven. Those of the devils who had set out towards Tihama, went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) at Nakhla (a place between Mecca and Taif) while he was on his way to `Ukaz Market. (They met him) while he was offering the Fajr prayer with his companions. When they heard the Holy Qur'an being recited (by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)), they listened to it and said (to each other). This is the thing which has intervened between you and the news of the Heavens." Then they returned to their people and said, "O our people! We have really heard a wonderful recital (Qur'an). It gives guidance to the right, and we have believed therein. We shall not join in worship, anybody with our Lord." (See 72.1-2) Then Allah revealed to His Prophet (Surat al- Jinn): 'Say: It has been revealed to me that a group (3 to 9) of Jinns listened (to the Qur'an).' (72.1) The statement of the Jinns was revealed to him

ہم سے موسیٰ بن اسماعیل نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے ابوعوانہ نے بیان کیا، ان سے ابوبشر نے، ان سے سعید بن جبیر نے اور ان سے ابن عباس رضی اللہ عنہما نے بیان کیا کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے اپنے صحابہ کے ساتھ سوق عکاظ ( مکہ اور طائف کے درمیان ایک میدان جہاں عربوں کا مشہور میلہ لگتا تھا ) کا قصد کیا اس زمانہ میں شیاطین تک آسمان کی خبروں کے چرا لینے میں رکاوٹ پیدا کر دی گئی تھی اور ان پر آسمان سے آگ کے انگارے چھوڑے جاتے تھے جب وہ جِن اپنی قوم کے پاس لوٹ کر آئے تو ان کی قوم نے ان سے پوچھا کہ کیا بات ہوئی۔ انہوں نے بتایا کہ آسمان کی خبروں میں اور ہمارے درمیان رکاوٹ کر دی گئی ہے اور ہم پر آسمان سے آگ کے انگارے برسائے گئے ہیں، انہوں نے کہا کہ آسمان کی خبروں اور تمہارے درمیان رکاوٹ ہونے کی وجہ یہ ہے کہ کوئی خاص بات پیش آئی ہے۔ اس لیے ساری زمین پر مشرق و مغرب میں پھیل جاؤ اور تلاش کرو کہ کون سی بات پیش آ گئی ہے۔ چنانچہ شیاطین مشرق و مغرب میں پھیل گئے تاکہ اس بات کا پتہ لگائیں کہ آسمان کی خبروں کی ان تک پہنچنے میں رکاوٹ پیدا کی گئی ہے وہ کس بڑے واقعہ کی وجہ سے ہے۔ بیان کیا کہ جو شیاطین اس کھوج میں نکلے تھے ان کا ایک گروہ وادی تہامہ کی طرف بھی آ نکلا ( یہ جگہ مکہ معظمہ سے ایک دن کے سفر کی راہ پر ہے ) جہاں رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم منڈی عکاظ کی طرف جاتے ہوئے کھجور کے ایک باغ کے پاس ٹھہرے ہوئے تھے۔ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم اس وقت صحابہ کے ساتھ فجر کی نماز پڑھ رہے تھے۔ جب شیاطین نے قرآن مجید سنا تو یہ اس کو سننے لگ گئے پھر انہوں نے کہا کہ یہی چیز ہے وہ جس کی وجہ سے تمہارے اور آسمان کی خبروں کے درمیان رکاوٹ پیدا ہوئی ہے۔ اس کے بعد وہ اپنی قوم کی طرف لوٹ آئے اور ان سے کہا کہ «إنا سمعنا قرآنا عجبا» الایۃ ہم نے ایک عجیب قرآن سنا ہے جو نیکی کی راہ دکھلاتا ہے سو ہم تو اس پر ایمان لے آئے اور ہم اب اپنے پروردگار کو کسی کا ساجھی نہ بنائیں گے اللہ تعالیٰ نے اپنے نبی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم پر یہ آیت نازل کی «قل أوحي إلى أنه استمع نفر من الجن‏» الایۃ۔ آپ کہئے کہ میرے پاس وحی آئی ہے اس بات کی کہ جِنوں کی ایک جماعت نے قرآن مجید سنا یہی جِنوں کا قول نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم پر نازل ہوا۔

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