Quran 23:17 — Al-Muminoon, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We created seven levels above you: We are never unmindful of Our creation.
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَائِقَ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ الْخَلْقِ غَافِلِينَ
walaqad khalaqnā fawqakum sabʿa ṭarāiqa wamā kunnā ʿani l-khalqi ghāfilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We created above you seven ways, and We were not heedless of creation.
- Muhammad Asad
- And, indeed, We have created above you seven [celestial] orbits: and never are We unmindful of [any aspect of Our] creation.
- Sahih International
- And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And indeed | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā | We (have) created | خلق |
| 3 | فَوْقَكُمْfawqakum | above you | فوق |
| 4 | سَبْعَsabʿa | seven | سبع |
| 5 | طَرَآئِقَṭarāiqa | paths | طرق |
| 6 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 7 | كُنَّاkunnā | We are | كون |
| 8 | عَنِʿani | of | — |
| 9 | ٱلْخَلْقِl-khalqi | the creation | خلق |
| 10 | غَـٰفِلِينَghāfilīna | unaware | غفل |