The Meaning of "He Raised the Heavens Without Pillars" and His Saying: "They Were Joined Together, So We Split Them Apart"

Question:
So it is not Satan who rules; it is the ruling of Allah. His saying, the Exalted, "He raised the heavens without pillars"—does the verse indicate that the heavens are not raised? Or does it point to the verse in Surat al-Anbiya where He, the Exalted, says, "Or that he sees pure?"

Answer:
Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, detailed this in the chapter regarding the creation of the earth in two days, then He rose above the heaven while it was smoke, and He said to it, "And if you wish to submit or rebel." Allah detailed the creation of the heavens and the creation of the earth in a way that leaves no room for doubt. The Muslim believes what the Qur'an indicates.
As for His saying, the Exalted, "Have they not seen that the heavens and the earth were a joined mass?" Allah knows best what is intended. His saying, the Exalted, explains it: "So Allah split the heaven with rain, and He split the earth with vegetation." Allah split the heaven by sending down rain from it, and He split the earth by causing vegetation to grow in it. As He, the Exalted, said, "Does not man look at his food? We poured down water in abundance, then split the earth with our might, and We caused to grow therein grain, grapes, oil plants, olives, dates, clusters of fruit, and fruits in abundance for you and your livestock." So He split this with rain.
And He split this with vegetation. As for the claim that the earth was split by the sun, or that it was required by the sun, or that it was split by the sun and the speed of the sun's rotation caused it to shrink and a piece of it broke off, and this became the earth—this is a false statement. This is saying things about Allah without knowledge. Exalted is Allah above what they say.
These matters are among the unseen matters that no one knows except Allah. We follow what has come in the texts in which Allah informed us about His creation of the heavens and the earth and the details thereof. We do not attribute to Allah without knowledge. He, the Exalted, said, "misguiding." So we do not enter into these matters except in accordance with the Book and the Sunnah only.