7وَالسَّماءَ رَفَعَها وَوَضَعَ الميزانَMuhammad AsadAnd the skies has He raised high, and has devised [for all things] a measure,1The noun mizan, usually denoting a "balance", has here the more general connotation of "measure" or "measuring" by any means whatsoever (Zamakhshari), in both the concrete and abstract senses of the word. (Cf. also the parabolic use of the term mza~ in 42:17 and 57:25.)