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Surah At-Talaq, Ayah 12 (65:12)

ٱلطَّلَاق

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ وَمِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ ٱلْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ …

Quran 65:12 is ayah 12 of Surah At-Talaq (“The Divorce”), a Medinan surah of 12 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 559 of the Madani Mushaf.

65:12
ٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىخَلَقَسَبْعَسَمَٰوَٰتٍوَمِنَٱلْأَرْضِمِثْلَهُنَّيَتَنَزَّلُٱلْأَمْرُبَيْنَهُنَّلِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍقَدِيرٌوَأَنَّٱللَّهَقَدْأَحَاطَبِكُلِّشَىْءٍعِلْمًۢا١٢
al-lahu alladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātin wamina l-arḍi mith'lahunna yatanazzalu l-amru baynahunna litaʿlamū anna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun wa-anna l-laha qad aḥāṭa bikulli shayin ʿil'man

It is Allāh who has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them. [His] command descends among them so you may know that Allāh is over all things competent and that Allāh has encompassed all things in knowledge.(12)

Word by word

  1. ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) He Who
  3. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
  4. سَبْعَsabʿaseven
  5. سَمَٰوَٰتٍsamāwātinheavens
  6. وَمِنَwaminaand of
  7. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  8. مِثْلَهُنَّmith'lahunna(the) like of them
  9. يَتَنَزَّلُyatanazzaluDescends
  10. ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe command
  11. بَيْنَهُنَّbaynahunnabetween them
  12. لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟litaʿlamūthat you may know
  13. أَنَّannathat
  14. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  15. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
  16. كُلِّkullievery
  17. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  18. قَدِيرٌqadīrunAll-Powerful
  19. وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that
  20. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  21. قَدْqadindeed
  22. أَحَاطَaḥāṭaencompasses
  23. بِكُلِّbikulliall
  24. شَىْءٍshayinthings
  25. عِلْمًۢاʿil'man(in) knowledge

Tafsir (commentary) of 65:12

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Allah's Perfect Power

Allah the Exalted asserts His perfect power and infinite greatness, so that the great religion that He has legislated is honored and implemented,

اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ

(It is Allah Who has created seven heavens) Allah said in similar Ayat, like what Prophet Nuh said to his people,

أَلَمْ تَرَوْاْ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ طِبَاقاً

(See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another) (71:15), and,

تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّبْعُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ

(The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify him.) (17:44) Allah's statement,

وَمِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ

(and of the earth the like thereof.) means, He created seven earths. In the Two Sahihs, there is a Hadith that states,

«مَنْ ظَلَمَ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِين»

(Whoever usurps the land of somebody unjustly, even if it was a mere hand span, then his neck will be encircled with it down to the seven earths.) And in Sahih Al-Bukhari the wording is:

«خُسِفَ بِهِ إِلَى سَبْعِ أَرَضِين»

(...he will sink down to the seven earths.) In the beginning of my book, Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, I mentioned the various narrations for this Hadith when I narrated the story of the creation of the earth. All the thanks and praise is due to Allah. Those who explained this Hadith to mean the seven continents have brought an implausible explanation that contradicts the letter of the Qur'an and the Hadith without having proof. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat At-Talaq, all the thanks and praise is due to Allah.

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