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CH. 65 AT-TALAQ PT. 28 اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمُوتٍ وَمِنَ Allah is He Who created. 13 الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ الْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ the like thereof. The divine seven heavens, and of the earth command comes down in their لِتَعْلَمُوا اَنَّ اللهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ midst, that you may know that وَأَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ اَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمان Allah has power over all things and that Allah encompasses all things in His knowledge. 4276 4276. Commentary: "67:4; 71:16. that His The verse purports to say that God's decree works in heavens and earth to the effect Messengers and their righteous followers are blessed with a divine light which guides them in their affairs and leads them to success and prosperity, while disbelievers suffer the evil consequences of their rejection of the Divine Message. In the preceding two verses a pointed reference is made to this subject. "Seven earths" may be the seven major planets of the solar system and seven heavens their orbits or ways as elsewhere so called in the Quran (23:18). Or spiritually speaking "seven heavens" may signify seven stages of the spiritual development of man and "seven earths" those of his physical growth. For a detailed discussion of this subject, see 23:1-18. 3176