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Sura 41
Aya 12
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فَقَضاهُنَّ سَبعَ سَماواتٍ في يَومَينِ وَأَوحىٰ في كُلِّ سَماءٍ أَمرَها ۚ وَزَيَّنَّا السَّماءَ الدُّنيا بِمَصابيحَ وَحِفظًا ۚ ذٰلِكَ تَقديرُ العَزيزِ العَليمِ

Muhammad Asad

And He [it is who] decreed that they become seven heavens1 in two aeons, and imparted unto each heaven its function. And We adorned the skies nearest to the earth with lights, and made them secure:2 such is the ordaining of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
  • I.e., a multiplicity of cosmic systems (cf. note 20 on 2:29).
  • Cf. 15:16-18 and the corresponding notes 16 and 17; also 37:6 ff.