وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَآئِقَ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ ٱلْخَلْقِ غَـٰفِلِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அன்றியும், உங்களுக்கு மேலே ஏழு பதைகளைத் திடனாக நாம் படைத்திருக்கிறோம் - (நமது) படைப்பைக் குறித்து நாம் எப்பொழுது பராமுகமாக இருக்கவில்லை.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද නුඹලාට ඉහළින් මාවත් හතක් මැව්වෙමු. තවද මැවීම් පිළිබඳව අපි අනවධානීන් නො වූයෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- ہم نے تمہارے اوپر سات آسمان بنائے ہیں اور ہم مخلوقات سے غافل نہیں ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- われはあなたがたの上に，7つの天を創った。決してわれは創造を等閑にはしない。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我在你们的上面确已造了七条轨道，我对众生，不是疏忽的。
Tafsir of 23:17
His Sign in the creation of the Heavens After mentioning the creation of man, Allah then mentions the creation of the seven heavens. Allah often mentions the creation of the heavens and earth alongside the creation of man, as He says elsewhere: لَخَلْقُ السَّمَوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ (The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind) 40:57. A similar Ayah appears at the beginning of Surat As-Sajdah, which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite on Friday mornings. At the beginning it mentions the creation of the heavens and earth, then it says how man was created from semen from clay, and it also discusses the resurrection and rewards and punishments, and other matters.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
