Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Have you not considered how God created seven heavens in harmony,

اَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ سَبْعَ سَمٰوَاتٍ طِبَاقاًۙ
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa AllahusabAAa samawatin tibaqa
#wordmeaningroot
1alamDo not
2tarawyou seeراي
3kayfahowكيف
4khalaqadid createخلق
5l-lahuAllah
6sabʿa(the) sevenسبع
7samāwātinheavensسمو
8ṭibāqan(in) layersطبق
  • Aisha Bewley

    Do you not see how He created seven heavens in layers,

  • Progressive Muslims

    "Did you not see how God created seven skies in layers"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Don't you realize how Allah has created the seven heavens in great harmony?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Have you not considered how God created seven heavens in harmony,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "Did you not see how God created seven heavens in layers?"

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "Did you not see how God created seven heavens in harmony?"

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Do you not realize that GOD created seven universes in layers?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Do you not see how God has fashioned seven skies one above the other,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers

  • Muhammad Asad

    "'Do you not see how God has created seven heavens in full harmony with one another,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Do you not see how Allah has created seven heavens, one upon the other,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Nuh added, "do you not see how Allah created seven heavens one above the other and how infinite is the expanse and immense are the constellations. How distant one constellation is from the other and unique in orientation, how an inert moon or any planetary body varies appearance according to the extent of her illumination, how the sun and the moon are made to subserve life and time computation. How the lower heaven has been embellished with countless glittering colossal fiery bodies featuring ornamentation, yet those whom He permits to penetrate deep into heaven find it veiled with darkness as if there were no stars featuring decoration"

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Why do not you recognize the awesome power of God Who has created seven universes one engulfing the other.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    See you not how Allâh has created the seven heavens one above another?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens, one above the other,

  • Taqi Usmani

    Did you not see how Allah has created seven heavens one upon another,

  • Abdul Haleem

    Have you ever wondered how God created seven heavens, one above the other,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Have you not regarded how God created seven heavens one upon another,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Do ye not see how God has created the seven heavens in stories,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    "'Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another (or in harmony),

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Have you not seen how Allah created seven heavens as strata, (i. e., in layers).

  • George Sale

    Do ye not see how God hath created the seven heavens, one above another;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    " ‘Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `Do you not consider how Allâh created the seven heavens one upon another in (perfect) conformity with one another.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Have you not seen how Allah has created seven heavens in layers,