What does Quran 77:25 mean?

Quran 77:25 (Surah Al-Mursalaat, Ayah 25) translates to: "Have We not made the earth a container"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 77:25 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Mursalaat (The Emissaries), the 77th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 29.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Kathir — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Creation, Rejection of Prophets, Day of Judgment, Human Origin, Spiritual Reflection.

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا

Alam naj'alil arda kifaataa

Have We not made the earth a container

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

5 other themes with weak connections

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Signs in creation

77:25Ayah 150

5 ayahs in Al-Mursalaat are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

Scholars offer complementary perspectives

Have We not made the earth a receptacle kifātan is a verbal noun from kafata meaning damma ‘enclosed’ that is an enclosure

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