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Al-Qur'an Surah Nuh Verse 15

Nuh [71]: 15 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer

اَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ سَبْعَ سَمٰوٰتٍ طِبَاقًاۙ (نوح : ٧١)

alam
أَلَمْ
Do not
taraw
تَرَوْا۟
you see
kayfa
كَيْفَ
how
khalaqa
خَلَقَ
did create
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
sabʿa
سَبْعَ
(the) seven
samāwātin
سَمَٰوَٰتٍ
heavens
ṭibāqan
طِبَاقًا
(in) layers

Transliteration:

Alam taraw kaifa khalaqal laahu sab'a samaawaatin tibaaqaa (QS. Nūḥ:15)

English / Sahih Translation:

Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers (QS. Nuh, ayah 15)

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Did you not see how Allah has created seven heavens one upon another,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens, one above the other,

Ruwwad Translation Center

Do you not see how Allah has created seven heavens, one above another,

A. J. Arberry

Have you not regarded how God created seven heavens one upon another,

Abdul Haleem

Have you ever wondered how God created seven heavens, one above the other,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Behold ye not in what wise Allah hath created seven heavens in storeys.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,

Abul Ala Maududi

Do you not see how Allah has created seven heavens, one upon the other,

Ahmed Ali

Do you not see how God has fashioned seven skies one above the other,

Ahmed Raza Khan

‘Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens atop each other?’

Ali Quli Qarai

Have you not seen how Allah has created the seven heavens in layers,

Ali Ünal

‘Do you not see how God has created the seven heavens in harmony?

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Do you not consider how Allâh created the seven heavens one upon another in (perfect) conformity with one another.

English Literal

`Do you not see, understand how God created seven skies/space(s) (in) stages/layers/plates ?`

Faridul Haque

‘Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens atop each other?’

Hamid S. Aziz

"´Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another (or in harmony),

Hilali & Khan

See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And Allah has caused you to grow out of the earth as a growth,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,

Muhammad Sarwar

"Have you not seen that God has created the seven heavens one above the other

Qaribullah & Darwish

Have you not seen how Allah created the seven heavens one above the other,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens in tiers

Wahiduddin Khan

Do you not see how God has created the seven heavens one above another,

Talal Itani

Do you not realize that God created seven heavens in layers?

Tafsir jalalayn

Have you not seen how God created seven heavens in layers, one on top of the other,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens in tiers?

meaning, one above another.

Can this be comprehended simply by hearing it only or is it of the matters that actually can be perceived with the senses which are known about the movements (of the heavenly bodies) and the eclipses. It is known that they (the scholars) have many different opinions about these matters that we will not discuss here. The only intent here is that

خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا

وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا