Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And the raised ceiling)

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen

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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And the raised ceiling)

Allah the Exalted said:

And the raised ceiling

وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوعِ

[Surat al-Tur: 5] Allah swore by the raised ceiling, which is the sky,Allah the Exalted said:

It is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars

اللَّهُ الَّذِي رَفَعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ

[Surat al-Ra'd: 2],And Allah the Exalted said:

And We made the sky a protected ceiling

وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَاءَ سَقْفاً مَحْفُوظاً

[Surat al-Anbiya: 32] So the sky is a ceiling, and it is raised. Thus, the raised ceiling is the sky. Allah named it a ceiling because it covers the entire earth from all sides, just as a ceiling covers a room from all sides. Allah the Exalted swore by the sky because of the great signs within it, such as stars, the sun, the moon, and its precision and craftsmanship,Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:

So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do you see any breaks? ⁽⁴⁾ Then return [your] vision twice again.

فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَى مِنْ فُطُورٍ * ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ

[Surat al-Mulk: 3-4] meaning: time and again:

[Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued.

يَنْقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئاً وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ

[Surat al-Mulk: 4] And He informed that there are no rifts in the sky, no cracks, no defects, no fissures, and it does not wear out over a long period, so it is worthy of Allah swearing by it.

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