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Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty)

Verse 3of 30

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍۢ طِبَاقًۭا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَٰوُتٍۢ ۖ فَٱرْجِعِ ٱلْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍۢ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

[And] who created seven heavens in layers. You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do you see any breaks?

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
سَبْعَsabʿaseven
سَمَـٰوَٰتٍۢsamāwātinheavens
طِبَاقًۭا ۖṭibāqanone above another
مَّاNot
تَرَىٰtarāyou see
فِىin
خَلْقِkhalqi(the) creation
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāni(of) the Most Gracious
مِنminany
تَفَـٰوُتٍۢ ۖtafāwutinfault
فَٱرْجِعِfa-ir'jiʿiSo return
ٱلْبَصَرَl-baṣarathe vision
هَلْhalcan
تَرَىٰtarāyou see
مِنminany
فُطُورٍۢfuṭūrinflaw

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahThe Virtues of Surat Al-MulkImam 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 contains thirty Ayat that will intercede on behalf of its reciter until he is forgiven. (It is): (Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the dominion.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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