ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ وَمِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ ٱلْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًۢا Qur’an At-Talaq (65:12)All a hu alla th ee khalaqa sabAAa sam a w a tin wamina alar d i mithlahunna yatanazzalu alamru baynahunna litaAAlamoo anna All a ha AAal a kulli shayin qadeerun waanna All a ha qad a hat a bikulli shayin AAilm a n
See surah {2}, note [20].
Lit., "the command". The verbal form yatanazzalu implies recurrence and continuity; its combination with the noun al-amr reflects the concept of God's unceasing creative activity.
"Seven Firmaments." (Cf. ii. 29; xvii. 44; xxiii- 86; and xli. 12.)
Literally: they are seven in number, each one separate from the other.
But in all spheres of life and Creation, whatever conception we are able to form of them, it is certain that the Command or Law of Allah runs through them all, for His knowledge and power extend through all things.