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Verse 12of 54

فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَاتٍۢ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ وَأَوْحَىٰ فِى كُلِّ سَمَآءٍ أَمْرَهَا ۚ وَزَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَحِفْظًۭا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

Word-by-word meaning

فَقَضَىٰهُنَّfaqaḍāhunnaThen He completed them
سَبْعَsabʿa(as) seven
سَمَـٰوَاتٍۢsamāwātinheavens
فِىin
يَوْمَيْنِyawmaynitwo periods
وَأَوْحَىٰwa-awḥāand He revealed
فِىin
كُلِّkullieach
سَمَآءٍsamāinheaven
أَمْرَهَا ۚamrahāits affair
وَزَيَّنَّاwazayyannāAnd We adorned
ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heaven
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā[the world]
بِمَصَـٰبِيحَbimaṣābīḥawith lamps
وَحِفْظًۭا ۚwaḥif'ẓanand (to) guard
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
تَقْدِيرُtaqdīru(is the) Decree
ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi(of) the All-Mighty
ٱلْعَلِيمِl-ʿalīmithe All-Knower

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Some Details of the Creation of this Universe HereAllah 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: "Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days And you set up rivals with Him") meaning, `false gods whom you worship alongside Him'ذَلِكَ رَبُّ الْعَـلَمِينَ(That is the Lord of th...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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