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ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى رَفَعَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍۢ تَرَوْنَهَا ۖ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّۭ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى ۚ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّكُمْ تُوقِنُونَ﴿٢

Translation (Sahih International)

It is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne and made subject the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. He arranges [each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
رَفَعَrafaʿaraised
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
عَمَدٍۢʿamadinpillars
تَرَوْنَهَا ۖtarawnahāthat you see
ثُمَّthummathen
ٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāHe established
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْعَرْشِ ۖl-ʿarshithe Throne
وَسَخَّرَwasakharaand subjected
ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖwal-qamaraand the moon
كُلٌّۭkulluneach
يَجْرِىyajrīrunning
لِأَجَلٍۢli-ajalinfor a term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۚmusammanappointed
يُدَبِّرُyudabbiruHe arranges
ٱلْأَمْرَl-amrathe matter
يُفَصِّلُyufaṣṣiluHe details
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
لَعَلَّكُمlaʿallakumso that you may
بِلِقَآءِbiliqāiin the meeting
رَبِّكُمْrabbikum(with) your Lord
تُوقِنُونَtūqinūnabelieve with certainty

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Clarifying Allah's Perfect AbilityAllah mentions His perfect ability and infinite authority, since it is He Who has raised the heavens without pillars by His permission and order. He, by His leave, order and power, has elevated the heavens high above the earth, distant and far away from reach. The heaven nearest to the present world encompasses the earth from all directions, and is also high above it from every direction.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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