Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:12

41:12

فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَاتٍ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ وَأَوْحَىٰ فِى كُلِّ سَمَآءٍ أَمْرَهَا ۚ وَزَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَـٰبِيحَ وَحِفْظًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then He completed and finished from their creation (as) seven heavens in two Days and He made in each heaven its affair. And We adorned the nearest (lowest) heaven with lamps (stars) to be an adornment as well as to guard (from the devils by using them as missiles against the devils). Such is the Decree of Him the All-Mighty, the All-Knower.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَقَضَىٰهُنَّfaqaḍāhunnaThen He completed them
سَبْعَsabʿa(as) seven
سَمَـٰوَاتٍۢsamāwātinheavens
فِىfīin
يَوْمَيْنِyawmaynitwo periods
وَأَوْحَىٰwa-awḥāand He revealed
فِىfīin
كُلِّkullieach
سَمَآءٍsamāinheaven
أَمْرَهَاۚamrahāits affair
وَزَيَّنَّاwazayyannāAnd We adorned
ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heaven
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā[the world]
بِمَصَـٰبِيحَbimaṣābīḥawith lamps
وَحِفْظًۭاۚwaḥif'ẓanand (to) guard
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
تَقْدِيرُtaqdīru(is the) Decree
ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi(of) the All-Mighty
ٱلْعَلِيمِl-ʿalīmithe All-Knower