Surah Adh-Dhariyat (الذاريات) • The Winnowing Winds

Quran 51:47

51:47

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

wal-samāa banaynāhā bi-aydin wa-innā lamūsiʿūna

And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

— Saheeh International

We built the heavens with Our power and made them vast,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof.

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

Juz 27Page 522meccan

Word by Word

وَٱلسَّمَآءَwal-samāaAnd the heaven
بَنَيْنَـٰهَاbanaynāhāWe constructed it
بِأَيْي۟دٍۢbi-aydinwith strength
وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, We
لَمُوسِعُونَlamūsiʿūna(are) surely (its) Expanders