Surah Qaf ayat 6 Tafsir Quran 50:6

﴿أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَاهَا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ﴾
[ ق: 6]

50:6 Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

Have they not then looked with their own eyes at the heaven being above them in order to take heed by their own minds of the consequences for them when they deny the Resurrection how We have built it without supports and adorned it with planets and how there are no cracks in it? no fissures blemishing it.

Did they not direct their intellectual eye at the heaven above them with its regions, spheres, realms of space and celestial bodies, and ponder how skillfully, powerfully and authoritatively did We construct and furnish with ornaments and with qualities that give distinction and render impossible any flaws

Allah's Power and Ability over what is Greater than Resurrection Allah the Exalted notifies the servants of His infinite power, which He demonstrated by creating what is bigger than that which they wondered about and whose possibility they discount, أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُواْ إِلَى السَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـهَا وَزَيَّنَّـهَا ( Have they not looked at the heaven above them, how We have made it and adorned it, ) with lamps; وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ ( and there are no Furuj in it ) i.e., clefts, according to Mujahid.
Others said that Furuj means, rifts, or cracks.
All these meanings are close to one another.
Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, الَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ طِبَاقًا مَّا تَرَى فِى خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَـنِ مِن تَفَـوُتٍ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَى مِن فُطُورٍ - ثُمَّ اْرجِعِ البَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ البَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ ( Who has created the seven heavens one above another; you can see no fault in the creation of the Most Gracious.
Then look again: "Can you see any rifts" Then look again and yet again, your sight will return to you in a state of humiliation and worn out. ) ( 67:2-4 ) fatigued, unable to discover any imperfection or shortcomings.
The statement of Allah the Exalted, the Blessed, وَالاٌّرْضَ مَدَدْنَـهَا ( And the earth! We have spread it out, ) means, `We made it spacious and spread it out,' وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَسِيَ ( and set thereon Rawasi standing firm. ) which are the mountains to save the earth from shaking along with its inhabitants, وَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ ( and We planted in it every lovely (Bahij ) pair.) every kind and species of plant, fruit and vegetation, وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ( And of everything We have created pairs that you may reflect. )( 51:49 ) Allah's saying `Bahij', meaning a beautiful scene, تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَى لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ ( An insight and a Reminder for every servant who turns to Allah in repentance. ) Allah says that observing the creation of the heavens and earth and all the great things that He has placed in them provides insight, proof and a lesson for every penitent servant who submits in humbleness and repentance to Allah feeling fear, in awe of Him.
Allah the Exalted said, وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـرَكاً ( And We send down blessed water from the sky, ) meaning beneficial, فَأَنبَتْنَا بِهِ جَنَّـتٍ ( then We produce therewith Jannat ), means special and public parks, gardens, etc. وَحَبَّ الْحَصِيدِ ( and grain that are reaped ) grains that are harvested for food and for storage for later use, بَـسِقَـتٍ ( And date palms Basiqat, ) meaning, tall and high, according to the explanation reported from Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Al-Hasan, Qatadah and As-Suddi.
Allah said, لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ ( with arrranged clusters. ) producing fruits arranged in clusters, رِّزْقاً لِّلْعِبَادِ ( A provision for (Allah's ) servants.) for ( Allah's ) creation, وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتاً ( And We give life therewith to a dead land. ) this is the land that was barren.
However, when rain falls upon it, it is stirred to life; it swells and produces all of the lovely pairs such as flowers and the like -- amazing on account of their beauty.
All of this comes into existence after the land was without greenery, yet it was stirred back to life and became green.
Indeed, this should provide proof of Resurrection after death and disintegration; thus Allah resurrects the dead.
This sign of Allah's ability that is seen and witnessed is greater than the denial of those who discount the possibility of Resurrection.
Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said in other Ayat, لَخَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْـبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ ( The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; ) ( 40:57 ), أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَن يُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى بَلَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied by their creation, is able to give life to the dead Yes, He surely is Able to do all things. )( 46:33 ) and, وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ أَنَّكَ تَرَى الاٌّرْضَ خَـشِعَةً فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَآءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ إِنَّ الَّذِى أَحْيَـهَا لَمُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( And among His signs (is this ), that you see the earth barren; but when We send down water to it, it is stirred to life and growth.
Verily, He Who gives it life, surely is able to give life to the dead.
Indeed He is Able to do all things.)( 41:39 )

(50:6) Did they *6 never observe the sky above them: how We built it and beautified it; *7 and it has no cracks; *8

Have they not looked at the heaven meaning

*6) Question?
*7) Here, by the sky is implied the whole firmament that man finds spread over him, day and night, in which the sun shines in the day and the moon and countless stars glitter at night, which amazes him even when he sees it with the bare eye, but which appears as a vast, limitless Universe when he looks at it through the telescope.
It seems to be starting from nowhere and ending nowhere.
Millions of times larger planets than our earth are moving in it like tiny balls; thousands of times brighter stars than ow sun are shining in it our this entire solar system is located in a comer of its only one galaxy; only in this one galaxy there exist at ( east three thousand million other stars like our own sun, and man's observation has s0 far discovered one million such galaxies.
Out of the lacs of galaxies our nearest, neighboring galaxy is 'so distant from us that its light reaches the earth in ten lac years traveling at the speed of 186,000 miles per second.
This shows the vastness of that part of the Universe which has so far been observed and explored by man.
As to how vast is the entire Universe of God we have no means to estimate and judge.
Maybe that the known Universe of man does not bear with the entire Universe even that ratio which a drop of water beats with the ocean.
If about the God Who has brought this huge and wonderful Universe into being, this tiny talking animal, called man, who creeps the earth, asserts that He cannot recreate him once again after death, it would be due to narrowness of his own mind.
The power of the Creator of the Universe would not at aII be affected by it !
*8 ) That is, " In spite of its amazing vastness the wonderful order of the Universe is so coherent and firm and its composition so perfect that there is no crack or cleft in it, and its continuity breaks nowhere.
This can be understood by an example.
Radio astronomers of the present age have observed a galactic system which they have named Source 3c 295.
They think that its rays which are now reaching us might have left it more than four thousand million years ago.
The question is: How could it be possible for the rays to reach the earth from such a distant source had the continuity and coherence of the Universe between the earth and the galaxy been broken somewhere and its composition been split at some point.
AIIah, in fact, alludes to this reality and puts this question before man "When you cannot point out even a small breach in this system of My Universe, how did the concept of any weakness in My power enter your mind, that after the respite of your test is over, if I like to bring you back to life to subject you to accountability before Me, I would not be able to do so?" This is not only a proof of the possibility of the Hereafter but also a proof .of Tauhid.
These rays' reaching the earth from a distance of four thousand million light years and being detected by the man-made instruments expressly points to the fact that from the galaxy to the earth the entire world has been made up of one and the same substance continuously, one and the same kind of the forces are working in it, and they are functioning according to the same laws without any difference and disparity.
Were it not so the rays could neither have reached here, nor detected by the instruments which Tnan had made after understanding the laws working on the earth and its surroundings.
This proves that One God alone is the Creator of this whole Universe and its Master and Ruler and Controller .

 

Allah's Power and Ability over what is Greater than Resurrection Allah the Exalted notifies the servants of His infinite power, which He demonstrated by creating what is bigger than that which they wondered about and whose possibility they discount, أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُواْ إِلَى السَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـهَا وَزَيَّنَّـهَا ( Have they not looked at the heaven above them, how We have made it and adorned it, ) with lamps; وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ ( and there are no Furuj in it ) i.e., clefts, according to Mujahid.
Others said that Furuj means, rifts, or cracks.
All these meanings are close to one another.
Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, الَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ طِبَاقًا مَّا تَرَى فِى خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَـنِ مِن تَفَـوُتٍ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَى مِن فُطُورٍ - ثُمَّ اْرجِعِ البَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ البَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ ( Who has created the seven heavens one above another; you can see no fault in the creation of the Most Gracious.
Then look again: "Can you see any rifts" Then look again and yet again, your sight will return to you in a state of humiliation and worn out. ) ( 67:2-4 ) fatigued, unable to discover any imperfection or shortcomings.
The statement of Allah the Exalted, the Blessed, وَالاٌّرْضَ مَدَدْنَـهَا ( And the earth! We have spread it out, ) means, `We made it spacious and spread it out,' وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَسِيَ ( and set thereon Rawasi standing firm. ) which are the mountains to save the earth from shaking along with its inhabitants, وَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ ( and We planted in it every lovely (Bahij ) pair.) every kind and species of plant, fruit and vegetation, وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ( And of everything We have created pairs that you may reflect. )( 51:49 ) Allah's saying `Bahij', meaning a beautiful scene, تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَى لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ ( An insight and a Reminder for every servant who turns to Allah in repentance. ) Allah says that observing the creation of the heavens and earth and all the great things that He has placed in them provides insight, proof and a lesson for every penitent servant who submits in humbleness and repentance to Allah feeling fear, in awe of Him.
Allah the Exalted said, وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـرَكاً ( And We send down blessed water from the sky, ) meaning beneficial, فَأَنبَتْنَا بِهِ جَنَّـتٍ ( then We produce therewith Jannat ), means special and public parks, gardens, etc. وَحَبَّ الْحَصِيدِ ( and grain that are reaped ) grains that are harvested for food and for storage for later use, بَـسِقَـتٍ ( And date palms Basiqat, ) meaning, tall and high, according to the explanation reported from Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Al-Hasan, Qatadah and As-Suddi.
Allah said, لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ ( with arrranged clusters. ) producing fruits arranged in clusters, رِّزْقاً لِّلْعِبَادِ ( A provision for (Allah's ) servants.) for ( Allah's ) creation, وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتاً ( And We give life therewith to a dead land. ) this is the land that was barren.
However, when rain falls upon it, it is stirred to life; it swells and produces all of the lovely pairs such as flowers and the like -- amazing on account of their beauty.
All of this comes into existence after the land was without greenery, yet it was stirred back to life and became green.
Indeed, this should provide proof of Resurrection after death and disintegration; thus Allah resurrects the dead.
This sign of Allah's ability that is seen and witnessed is greater than the denial of those who discount the possibility of Resurrection.
Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said in other Ayat, لَخَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْـبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ ( The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; ) ( 40:57 ), أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَن يُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى بَلَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied by their creation, is able to give life to the dead Yes, He surely is Able to do all things. )( 46:33 ) and, وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ أَنَّكَ تَرَى الاٌّرْضَ خَـشِعَةً فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَآءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ إِنَّ الَّذِى أَحْيَـهَا لَمُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( And among His signs (is this ), that you see the earth barren; but when We send down water to it, it is stirred to life and growth.
Verily, He Who gives it life, surely is able to give life to the dead.
Indeed He is Able to do all things.)( 41:39 )

( Have they ) i.e. the disbelievers of Mecca ( not then observed the sky above them ) above their heads, ( how We have constructed it ) without pillars ( and beautified it ) and beautified it with stars, ( and how there are no rifts therein ) and how there are no rifts, cracks or defects therein?

Have they not looked at the heaven above them, how We have made it and adorned it, and there are no rifts in it?

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