Surah Luqman ayat 10 Tafsir Quran 31:10

﴿خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا ۖ وَأَلْقَىٰ فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ ۚ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ﴾
[ لقمان: 10]

31:10 He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.

He created the heavens without any pillars that you can see ‘amad is the plural of ‘imād which is an ustuwāna ‘a column’ — this is the truth since there are no actual pillars — and cast high mountains into the earth lest it shake with you and He dispersed therein all kinds beasts. And We sent down there is a shift from the third to the second person water from the heaven and We caused to grow in it of every splendid kind every fair specimen.

He is it Who created the heavens and raised them with their spheres lying above or outside of each other inlaid with heavenly bodies superstructures kept aloft without pillars or visible means of support that you -people- can see.* He furnished the earth with firm stays, -mountains- placed in a certain setting, fixed as with an anchor, to stabilize** it lest it should sway you from side to side or in all directions. And He scattered over it animate beings of all sorts. And We send down from the floor of the vault of heaven rain water instrumental in vegetal growth in pairs of like things emerging in varying colours with good qualities and of great advantages

(31:10) He *12 created the heavens without any pillars visible to you *13 and He placed mountains in the earth as pegs lest it should turn topsy turvy with you, *14 and He dispersed all kinds of animals over the earth, and sent down water from the sky causing all kinds of excellent plants to grow on it.

He created the heavens without pillars that meaning

*12) After the above introductory sentence, the discourse now turns to the real theme, i.e.., the refutation of shirk and the invitation to Tauhid.

*13) The actual words bi -ghair i amad-in tarauna-ha in the Text may havc two meanings: ( 1 ) " You can see for yourself that they stand without pillar "; and ( 2 ) 'they stand on the pillars which you cannot see" Ibn 'Abbas and Mujahid havc favoured the second meaning, and many other commentators take the first meaning.
If the meaning is expressed in terms of the natural sciences of the present day, it can be said that the countless stars and planets in the heaven have been established in their positions and orbits without any visible support and prop: there are no strings and wires which might have tied them together; there are no iron bars which might be withholding them from falling on one another.
It is the law of gravitation which is supporting the system.
This interpretation is according to the present-day knowledge.
It may be that tomorrow some new addition to our knowledge enables us to interpret the reality better.

*14) For explanation, see E.
N .
12 of Surah An-Nahl .

 

( He hath created the heavens without supports that ye can see ) it is also said that this means: He created the heavens with supports that you cannot see, ( and hath cast into the earth ) and created in the earth ( firm hills ) firm mountains as supports for it, ( so that it quake not with you; and He hath dispersed therein ) He created and spread in the earth ( all kinds of beasts ) possessed of spirits. ( And We send down water ) rain ( from the sky and We cause (plants ) of every goodly kind to grow therein) in the earth.

He has created the heavens without any pillars, that you see and has set on the earth firm mountains, lest it should shake with you. And He has scattered therein moving (living) creatures of all kinds. And We send down water (rain) from the sky, and We cause (plants) of every goodly kind to grow therein.

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