Quran 41:12 — Fussilat, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and in two Days He formed seven heavens, and assigned an order to each. We have made the nearest one beautifully illuminated and secure. Such is the design of the Almighty, the All Knowing.
فَقَضَاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ وَأَوْحَىٰ فِي كُلِّ سَمَاءٍ أَمْرَهَا ۚ وَزَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَحِفْظًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So He determined them as seven heavens in two days, and revealed its commandment in every heaven.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And He [it is who] decreed that they become seven heavens in two aeons, and imparted unto each heaven its function. And We adorned the skies nearest to the earth with lights, and made them secure: such is the ordaining of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَقَضَىٰهُنَّfaqaḍāhunna | Then He completed them | قضي |
| 2 | سَبْعَsabʿa | (as) seven | سبع |
| 3 | سَمَـٰوَاتٍۢsamāwātin | heavens | سمو |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | يَوْمَيْنِyawmayni | two periods | يوم |
| 6 | وَأَوْحَىٰwa-awḥā | and He revealed | وحي |
| 7 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 8 | كُلِّkulli | each | كلل |
| 9 | سَمَآءٍsamāin | heaven | سمو |
| 10 | أَمْرَهَا ۚamrahā | its affair | أمر |
| 11 | وَزَيَّنَّاwazayyannā | And We adorned | زين |
| 12 | ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa | the heaven | سمو |
| 13 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | [the world] | دنو |
| 14 | بِمَصَـٰبِيحَbimaṣābīḥa | with lamps | صبح |
| 15 | وَحِفْظًۭا ۚwaḥif'ẓan | and (to) guard | حفظ |
| 16 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 17 | تَقْدِيرُtaqdīru | (is the) Decree | قدر |
| 18 | ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi | (of) the All-Mighty | عزز |
| 19 | ٱلْعَلِيمِl-ʿalīmi | the All-Knower | علم |