Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Adh-Dhaariyat, Ayah 47

Adh-Dhaariyat · Ayah 47 · View Ayah
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍۢ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(We have built) created (the heaven with might, and We it is who make the vast extent (thereof)) as We will; it is also said that this means: we expand the provision thereof.

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And the heaven We built it with might and indeed We are powerful one says āda’l-rajulu or ya’īdu to mean ‘he is strong’; and awsa‘a’l-rajulu to mean ‘he has become capable dhū sa‘a and strong’.

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