Ash-Shams 91:5
The Sun · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 595
The One Who Built the Sky
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥
And the heaven and Him Who built it.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
And by the sky and the One who built it.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, Allah has bound the stars and bodies of the sky to one another like parts of a building despite the vast distances between them, keeping them balanced at that height.
Reflect
This evening, look at the sky and think of the One who “built” it.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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