Surah 65 At-Talaaq — Ayah 12
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍۢ وَمِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ ٱلْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًۢا
アッラーこそは，7層の天と同様に（7層の）大地を，創造なされた方である。（アッラーの）御命令はそれらの間から下って来る。それで，本当にアッラーは，凡てのことに全能であり，またアッラーの御知識が，凡ての事物を確かに包囲なされることを，あなたに分からせるためである。
al-lahu alladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātin wamina l-arḍi mith'lahunna yatanazzalu l-amru baynahunna litaʿlamū anna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun wa-anna l-laha qad aḥāṭa bikulli shayin ʿil'man
Word by word
- ٱللَّهُ al-lahu Allah
- ٱلَّذِى alladhī (is) He Who
- خَلَقَ khalaqa created
- سَبْعَ sabʿa seven
- سَمَـٰوَٰتٍۢ samāwātin heavens
- وَمِنَ wamina and of
- ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth
- مِثْلَهُنَّ mith'lahunna (the) like of them
- يَتَنَزَّلُ yatanazzalu Descends
- ٱلْأَمْرُ l-amru the command
- بَيْنَهُنَّ baynahunna between them
- لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ litaʿlamū that you may know
- أَنَّ anna that
- ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
- عَلَىٰ ʿalā (is) on
- كُلِّ kulli every
- شَىْءٍۢ shayin thing
- قَدِيرٌۭ qadīrun All-Powerful
- وَأَنَّ wa-anna And that
- ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
- قَدْ qad indeed
- أَحَاطَ aḥāṭa encompasses
- بِكُلِّ bikulli all
- شَىْءٍ shayin things
- عِلْمًۢا ʿil'man (in) knowledge
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah's Perfect Power
Allah the Exalted asserts His perfect power and infinite greatness, so that the great religion that He has legislated is honored and implemented,
(It is Allah Who has created seven heavens) Allah said in similar Ayat, like what Prophet Nuh said to his people,
(See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another) (71:15), and,
(The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify him.) (17:44) Allah's statement,
(and of the earth the like thereof.) means, He created seven earths. In the Two Sahihs, there is a Hadith that states,
(Whoever usurps the land of somebody unjustly, even if it was a mere hand span, then his neck will be encircled with it down to the seven earths.) And in Sahih Al-Bukhari the wording is:
(...he will sink down to the seven earths.) In the beginning of my book, Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, I mentioned the various narrations for this Hadith when I narrated the story of the creation of the earth. All the thanks and praise is due to Allah. Those who explained this Hadith to mean the seven continents have brought an implausible explanation that contradicts the letter of the Qur'an and the Hadith without having proof. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat At-Talaq, all the thanks and praise is due to Allah.