I am intrigued by the world السماواتthat is often used in Holy
Quran to describe God creation of skies and the earth. In arabic
السماوات means skies, which is not the same as Universe. Sky is
the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the
earth. On the other universe is all existing matter and space
considered as a whole. In short Sky is only part of the universe
at best not the whole. From the verse below, Almighty Allah
clearly treats لسماوات and Earth as separate entities. This
gives a concept of a sky above and the Earth below. I also
learned that the correct word for Universe is الكونnot samawat.
My question is did God ever mention Universe in Quran? Samawat
clearly does no mean universe because if it meant universe, then
Earth is indeed part of the Universe. But if sawamat means skies
that makes sense because God is talking about Skies and the
earth as two object. So my question is did the Holy Quran ever
mention Universe? For reference Sky سماء Skies السماوات Heaven
الجنة Universe الكون As