Quran 77:25 Surah Mursalat ayat 25 Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English
﴿أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا﴾
[ المرسلات: 25]
77:25 Have We not made the earth a container
Surah Al-Mursalat in ArabicTafsir Surah Mursalat ayat 25
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Quran 77:25 Tafsir Al-Jalalayn
Have We not made the earth a receptacle kifātan is a verbal noun from kafata meaning damma ‘enclosed’ that is an enclosure
Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
Did We not make the earth widely spread
Quran 77:25 Tafsir Ibn Kathir
The Call to contemplate the various Manifestations of Allah's Power
Allah says,
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الاٌّوَّلِينَ
( Did We not destroy the ancients ) meaning, those who rejected the Messengers and opposed what they came to them with.
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الاٌّخِرِينَ
( So shall We make later generations to follow them. ) meaning, from those who are similar to them.
Thus, Allah says,
كَذَلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
( Thus do We deal with the criminals.
Woe that Day to the deniers! ) Ibn Jarir said this.
Then Allah reminding His creatures of His favor, and using the beginning of creation to support the idea of repeating it, He says:
أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ
( Did We not create you from a despised water ) meaning, weak and despised in comparison to the power of the Creator.
This is similar to what has been reported in the Hadith of Busr bin Jahhash ( that Allah says ),
«ابْنَ آدَمَ أَنْى تُعْجِزُنِي وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ؟»
( "(O ) Son of Adam ! How can you think that I am unable, and yet I created you from something like this ( i.e., semen )")
فَجَعَلْنَـهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ
( Then We placed it in a place of safety, ) meaning, `We gathered him in the womb, where the fluid of the man and the woman settles.
The womb has been prepared for this, as a protector of the fluid deposited in it.
Allah said:
إِلَى قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
( For a known period ) meaning, for a fixed period of time, which is from six months to nine months.
Thus, Allah says,
فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ الْقَـدِرُونَ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
( So We did measure; and We are the best to measure.
Woe that Day to the deniers! ) Then Allah says,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الاٌّرْضَ كِفَاتاً - أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوتاً
( Have We not made the earth Kifat for the living and the dead ) Ibn `Abbas said, "Kifat means a place of shelter." Mujahid said, "It holds the dead so that nothing is seen of it." Ash-Sha`bi said, "Its interior is for your dead and its surface is for your living." Mujahid and Qatadah also said this.
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِىَ شَـمِخَـتٍ
( And have placed therein fixed towers, ) meaning, the mountains.
The earth is held in place with them so that it does not shake and sway.
وَأَسْقَيْنَـكُم مَّآءً فُرَاتاً
( and have given you Furat water ) meaning, cold and delicious water from the clouds or from what He causes to gush forth from the springs of the earth.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
( Woe that Day to the deniers! ) meaning, woe to whoever reflects upon these created things which demonstrate the greatness of their Creator, then after that continues to reject Him and disbelieve in Him.
Tafsir Maarif-ul-Quran Mufti Muhammad Shafi
The Call to contemplate the various Manifestations of Allah's Power
Allah says,
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الاٌّوَّلِينَ
( Did We not destroy the ancients ) meaning, those who rejected the Messengers and opposed what they came to them with.
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الاٌّخِرِينَ
( So shall We make later generations to follow them. ) meaning, from those who are similar to them.
Thus, Allah says,
كَذَلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
( Thus do We deal with the criminals.
Woe that Day to the deniers! ) Ibn Jarir said this.
Then Allah reminding His creatures of His favor, and using the beginning of creation to support the idea of repeating it, He says:
أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ
( Did We not create you from a despised water ) meaning, weak and despised in comparison to the power of the Creator.
This is similar to what has been reported in the Hadith of Busr bin Jahhash ( that Allah says ),
«ابْنَ آدَمَ أَنْى تُعْجِزُنِي وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ؟»
( "(O ) Son of Adam ! How can you think that I am unable, and yet I created you from something like this ( i.e., semen )")
فَجَعَلْنَـهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ
( Then We placed it in a place of safety, ) meaning, `We gathered him in the womb, where the fluid of the man and the woman settles.
The womb has been prepared for this, as a protector of the fluid deposited in it.
Allah said:
إِلَى قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
( For a known period ) meaning, for a fixed period of time, which is from six months to nine months.
Thus, Allah says,
فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ الْقَـدِرُونَ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
( So We did measure; and We are the best to measure.
Woe that Day to the deniers! ) Then Allah says,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الاٌّرْضَ كِفَاتاً - أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوتاً
( Have We not made the earth Kifat for the living and the dead ) Ibn `Abbas said, "Kifat means a place of shelter." Mujahid said, "It holds the dead so that nothing is seen of it." Ash-Sha`bi said, "Its interior is for your dead and its surface is for your living." Mujahid and Qatadah also said this.
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِىَ شَـمِخَـتٍ
( And have placed therein fixed towers, ) meaning, the mountains.
The earth is held in place with them so that it does not shake and sway.
وَأَسْقَيْنَـكُم مَّآءً فُرَاتاً
( and have given you Furat water ) meaning, cold and delicious water from the clouds or from what He causes to gush forth from the springs of the earth.
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
( Woe that Day to the deniers! ) meaning, woe to whoever reflects upon these created things which demonstrate the greatness of their Creator, then after that continues to reject Him and disbelieve in Him.
Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
( Have We not made the earth a receptacle ) to contain them
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
Have We not made the earth a receptacle?
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