Surah As-Saffat, Verse 9

Tafsir of 37:9

The Adornment and Protection of the Heaven comes from Allah Allah tells us that He has adorned the lowest heaven with the heavenly bodies for those among the people of the earth who look at it. The stars and planets in the sky give light to the people of earth, as Allah says: وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَآءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَبِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَهَا رُجُوماً لِّلشَّيَطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ (And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps, and We have made such lamps (as) missiles to drive away the Shayatin, and have prepared for them the torment of the blazing Fire.) (67:5), وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّهَا لِلنَّظِرِينَ - وَحَفِظْنَهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَنٍ رَّجِيمٍ - إِلاَّ مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ (And indeed, We have put the big stars in the heaven and We beautified it for the beholders. And We have guarded it from every outcast Shaytan. Except him who steals the hearing then he is pursued by a clear flaming fire.) (15:16-18). And Allah says here: وَحِفْظاً (And to guard) meaning, to protect as it should be protected, مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَنٍ مَّارِدٍ (against every rebellious Shaytan.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)