Surah Luqman
Chapter 31 · Verse 10 · Revealed in Makkah
“He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
Proofs of Tawhid
Thus Allah explains His mighty power in creating the heavens and the earth, and everything that is within them and between them. He says:
خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
Commentary
Verse 10 opens with the words: خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا (He has created the skies without the pillars that you may see). Another verse on the same subject: الَّذِي رَفَعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا (Allah is the One who raised the heavens without pillars. You see them. 13:2) has appeared earlier in Surah Ar-Ra` d ( with a different translation). Analyzed grammatically, the text admits two alternative meanings.
What does this verse bring up for you today?