Surah Fussilat, Ayah 12 (41:12)

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فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَاتٍ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ وَأَوْحَىٰ فِى كُلِّ سَمَآءٍ أَمْرَهَا ۚ وَزَيَّنَّا …

Quran 41:12 is ayah 12 of Surah Fussilat (“Explained in Detail”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 478 of the Madani Mushaf.

41:12
فَقَضَىٰهُنَّسَبْعَسَمَٰوَاتٍفِىيَوْمَيْنِوَأَوْحَىٰفِىكُلِّسَمَآءٍأَمْرَهَا ۚوَزَيَّنَّاٱلسَّمَآءَٱلدُّنْيَابِمَصَٰبِيحَوَحِفْظًا ۚذَٰلِكَتَقْدِيرُٱلْعَزِيزِٱلْعَلِيمِ١٢
faqaḍāhunna sabʿa samāwātin fī yawmayni wa-awḥā fī kulli samāin amrahā wazayyannā l-samāa l-dun'yā bimaṣābīḥa waḥif'ẓan dhālika taqdīru l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīmi

And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired [i.e., made known] in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars, for beauty] and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.(12)

Word by word

  1. فَقَضَىٰهُنَّfaqaḍāhunnaThen He completed them
  2. سَبْعَsabʿa(as) seven
  3. سَمَٰوَاتٍsamāwātinheavens
  4. فِىfīin
  5. يَوْمَيْنِyawmaynitwo periods
  6. وَأَوْحَىٰwa-awḥāand He revealed
  7. فِىfīin
  8. كُلِّkullieach
  9. سَمَآءٍsamāinheaven
  10. أَمْرَهَا ۚamrahāits affair
  11. وَزَيَّنَّاwazayyannāAnd We adorned
  12. ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heaven
  13. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā[the world]
  14. بِمَصَٰبِيحَbimaṣābīḥawith lamps
  15. وَحِفْظًا ۚwaḥif'ẓanand (to) guard
  16. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  17. تَقْدِيرُtaqdīru(is the) Decree
  18. ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi(of) the All-Mighty
  19. ٱلْعَلِيمِl-ʿalīmithe All-Knower

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