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Surah Al-Mu’minun, Verse 17

سورة المؤمنون، الآية ١٧

23:17 Juz 18 Hizb 35 Page 342 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 23:17

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَآئِقَ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ ٱلْخَلْقِ غَٰفِلِينَ ۝١٧

Transliteration

walaqad khalaqnā fawqakum sabʿa ṭarāiqa wamā kunnā ʿani l-khalqi ghāfilīna

Translation

And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.

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Verse 17 of Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:17), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 342 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 17

Al-Mukhtasar

O people! Verily, I created seven heavens over you, one above the other. I am never neglectful of My creation, nor am I One to forget it.

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Other translations of verse 17

We have created above you seven levels [of heaven], and We have never been unaware of Our creation.

And indeed We have created above you seven heavens (one over the other), and We are never unaware of the creation.

And We have created above you seven paths, and We are never unmindful of creation.

And We have made, above you, seven tracts; and We are never unmindful of (our) Creation.

And certainly We made above you seven heavens; and never are We heedless of creation.

And indeed We already created above you seven roads; and in no way have We been heedless of creation.

Verse 17 word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْ walaqad And indeed
  2. خَلَقْنَا khalaqnā We (have) created خ ل ق
  3. فَوْقَكُمْ fawqakum above you ف و ق
  4. سَبْعَ sabʿa seven س ب ع
  5. طَرَآئِقَ ṭarāiqa paths ط ر ق
  6. وَمَا wamā and not
  7. كُنَّا kunnā We are ك و ن
  8. عَنِ ʿani of
  9. ٱلْخَلْقِ l-khalqi the creation خ ل ق
  10. غَٰفِلِينَ ghāfilīna unaware غ ف ل

Verses related to verse 17

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ghafir 40:57

    لَخَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.

  • Al-Isra 17:44

    تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّبْعُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا

    The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allāh] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting. Indeed, He is ever Forbearing and Forgiving.

  • Nuh 71:15

    أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا

    Do you not consider how Allāh has created seven heavens in layers

  • At-Talaq 65:12

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ وَمِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ ٱلْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًۢا

    It is Allāh who has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them. [His] command descends among them so you may know that Allāh is over all things competent and that Allāh has encompassed all things in knowledge.

  • Al-An’am 6:59

    وَعِندَهُۥ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِى ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ

    And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record.

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