ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ وَمِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ ٱلْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًۢا
<h2 class="title">Allah's Perfect Power</h2><p>Allah the Exalted asserts His perfect power and infinite greatness, so that the great religion that He has legislated is honored and implemented,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ</div><p>(It is Allah Who has created seven heavens) Allah said in similar Ayat, like what Prophet Nuh said to his people,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَلَمْ تَرَوْاْ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ طِبَاقاً </div><p>(See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another) (71:15), and,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمَـوَتُ السَّبْعُ وَالاٌّرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ</div><p>(The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify him.) (17:44) Allah's statement,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَمِنَ الاٌّرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ</div><p>(and of the earth the like thereof.) means, He created seven earths. In the Two Sahihs, there is a Hadith that states,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">«مَنْ ظَلَمَ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِين»</div><p>(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:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">«خُسِفَ بِهِ إِلَى سَبْعِ أَرَضِين»</div><p>(...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.</p>
Allah's Perfect PowerAllah the Exalted asserts His perfect power and infinite greatness, so that the great religion that He has legislated is honored and implemented,اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ(It is Allah Who has created seven heavens) Allah said in similar Ayat, like what Prophet Nuh said to his people,أَلَمْ تَرَوْاْ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ طِبَاقاً (See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another) (71:15), and,تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمَـوَتُ السَّبْعُ وَالاٌّرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ(The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify him.) (17:44) Allah's statement,وَمِنَ الاٌّرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ(and of the earth the like thereof.) means, He created seven earths. In the Two Sahihs, there is a Hadith that states,«مَنْ ظَلَمَ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِين»(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:«خُسِفَ بِهِ إِلَى سَبْعِ أَرَضِين»(...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.