The number of the earths and whether they are seven
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: The text states that the heavens are seven. The question is: Are the earths also seven, as in the verses?
Answer:
Yes, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[At-Talaq 65:12] meaning seven heavens and seven earths. And in the hadith: Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 12:2048 This confirms that the earths are seven. Yes, along with the Qur'an, and from the earth are their like. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: The text states that the heavens are seven. The question is: Are the earths also seven, as in the verses?
Answer:
Yes, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them
خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَمِنَ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّWhoever seizes a span of the earth, it will be wrapped around him on the Day of Resurrection from seven earths.
من اغتصب شبرا من الأرض طوقه يوم القيامة من سبع أراضين
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 14 / فتاوى على الهواء - 25 05 1438هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (30:42)
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