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Ibn Abu Nujaih stated that Ibrahim Ibn Abu Bakir was informed by Mujahid who said, "It was said that Nun is '''the great whale who is underneath the seven Earths'''." Furthermore, Al-Baghawy – may Allah rest his soul - and a group of commentators stated that on the back of this whale there is a great rock whose thickness is greater than the width of the heavens and the earth and '''above this rock is a bull that has forty thousand horns. On the body of this bull are placed the seven earths and all that they contain''', and Allah knows best.}} | Ibn Abu Nujaih stated that Ibrahim Ibn Abu Bakir was informed by Mujahid who said, "It was said that Nun is '''the great whale who is underneath the seven Earths'''." Furthermore, Al-Baghawy – may Allah rest his soul - and a group of commentators stated that on the back of this whale there is a great rock whose thickness is greater than the width of the heavens and the earth and '''above this rock is a bull that has forty thousand horns. On the body of this bull are placed the seven earths and all that they contain''', and Allah knows best.}} | ||
{{Quote|{{cite web|url=http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2321&Itemid=68 |title=Interpretation of Qur'an 13:2 |publisher= |author=Ibn Kathir |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}|Allah mentions His perfect ability and infinite authority, since it is He Who has raised the heavens without pillars by His permission and order. He, by His leave, order and power, has '''elevated the heavens high above the earth,''' distant and far away from reach. The heaven nearest to the present world encompasses the earth from all directions, and is also high above it from every direction. '''The distance between the first heaven and the earth is five hundred years from every direction, and its thickness is also five hundred years. The second heaven surrounds the first heaven from every direction, encompassing everything that the latter carries, with a thickness also of five hundred years and a distance between them of five hundred years. The same is also true about the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth and the seventh heavens.''' Allah said, (It is Allah who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof.) ﴿65:12 ﴾ Allah said next, (..without any pillars that you can see.) meaning, '''`there are pillars, but you cannot see them,`''' according to Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, and several other scholars. Iyas bin Mu`awiyah said, "The heaven is like a dome over the earth," meaning, without pillars. Similar was reported from Qatadah, and this meaning is better for this part of the Ayah. }} | |||
{{Quote|{{cite web|url=http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1487 |title=Interpretation of Qur'an 36:38 |publisher= |author=Ibn Kathir |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}|(And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed). That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing) There are two views over the meaning of the phrase (on its fixed course for a term (appointed). ) (The first view) is that it refers to its fixed course of location, which is beneath the Throne, beyond the earth in that direction. Wherever it goes, it is beneath the Throne, it and all of creation, because '''the Throne is the roof of creation''' and it is not a sphere as many astronomers claim. Rather '''it is a dome supported by legs or pillars, carried by the angels, and it is above the universe, above the heads of people. When the sun is at its zenith at noon, it is in its closest position to Throne, and when it runs in its fourth orbit at the opposite point to its zenith, at midnight, it is in its furthest position from the Throne. At that point it prostrates and asks for permission to rise,''' as mentioned in the Hadiths.... | {{Quote|{{cite web|url=http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1487 |title=Interpretation of Qur'an 36:38 |publisher= |author=Ibn Kathir |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}|(And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed). That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing) There are two views over the meaning of the phrase (on its fixed course for a term (appointed). ) (The first view) is that it refers to its fixed course of location, which is beneath the Throne, beyond the earth in that direction. Wherever it goes, it is beneath the Throne, it and all of creation, because '''the Throne is the roof of creation''' and it is not a sphere as many astronomers claim. Rather '''it is a dome supported by legs or pillars, carried by the angels, and it is above the universe, above the heads of people. When the sun is at its zenith at noon, it is in its closest position to Throne, and when it runs in its fourth orbit at the opposite point to its zenith, at midnight, it is in its furthest position from the Throne. At that point it prostrates and asks for permission to rise,''' as mentioned in the Hadiths.... | ||