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SEVEN FIRMAMENTS:
2:29 - It is He who hath created for you all things that are on earth; moreover His design
comprehended the heavens for He gave order and perfection to the seven firmaments; and of all
things he hath perfect knowledge.
41:12 - So He completed them as seven firmaments in two Days and He assigned to each heaven
its duty and command. And We adorned the lower heaven with lights and (provided it) with
guard. Such is the Decree of (Him) the Exalted in Might Full of knowledge. 44774478
4477 For "Days", which may include thousands of years, see vii. 54, and n. 1031. They refer to stages in the evolution of
physical nature. In the Biblical cosmogony, (Gen. i, and ii. 1-7), which reflects old Babylonian cosmogony, the scheme
is apparently to be taken literally as to days and is as follows. The first day Allah created light; the second, the
firmament; the third, the earth and vegetation; the fourth, the stars and plants; the fifth, fish and fowl from the sea; and
the sixth, cattle, creeping things, beasts on land, and man; on the seventh day He ended His work and rested. Our
scheme is wholly different. (1) Allah did not rest, and never rests. "His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the
earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them"; (2) Allah's work has not ended; His activity still
goes on: xxxii. 5; vii, 54; (3) man in our scheme does not come in with land animals; his advent is much later; (4) our
stages are not sharply divided from each other, as in the above scheme, where the stars and planets having been
created on the fourth day, it is not intelligible how the first three days were counted, nor how vegetation grew on the
third day. Our stages for earth and heaven are not in sequence of time for the heavens and the earth. Our six stages
are broadly speaking, (1) the throwing off of our planet from cosmic matter; (2) its cooling and condensing; (3) and (4)
the growth of vegetable and animal life; (5) and (6) the parallel growth of the starry realm and our solar system.
(41.12)
4478 Cf. xv. 17, and n. 1951; also xxxvii. 6-9. The transition from the third person ("He completed," etc.) to the first person
("We adorned," etc.) may be noted. The act of creation is an impersonal act: the act of adornment and guarding is a
personal favour to Allah's creatures. (41.12)
65:12 - Allah is He Who created seven Firmaments and of the earth a similar number. Through the
midst of them (all) descends His Command: that ye may know that Allah has power over all
things and that Allah comprehends all things in (His) Knowledge. 552655275528
5528 But in all spheres of life and Creation, whatever conception we are able to form of them, it is certain that the
Command or Law of Allah runs through them all, for His knowledge and power extend through all things. (65.12)
78:12 - And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments 5893
5893 See n. 5526 to lxv. 12 and n. 2876 to xxiii. 17, also xxxvii. 6 and notes there. (78.12)
SEVEN OFT REPEATED VERSES:
15:87 - And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft-Repeated (verses) and the Grand
Qur'an. 2008
2008 The Seven Oft-repeated Verses are usually understood to be the Opening Sura, the Fatiha. They sum up the whole
teaching of the Qur-an. What can be a more precious gift to a Muslim than the glorious Qur-an or any Sura of it?
Worldly wealth, honour, possessions, or anything else, sinks into insignificance in comparison with it. (15.87)
Maududi Sura Introductions
Surah 1. Al-Fathiha
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Name
This Surah is named Al-Fatiha because of its subject-matter. Fatihah is that which opens a subject or a book or any other
thing. In other words, Al-Fatihah is a sort of preface.
This preface is meant to create a strong desire in the heart of the reader to seek guidance from the Lord of
the Universe, who alone can grant it. Thus Al-Fatiha indirectly teaches that the best thing for a man is to
pray for guidance to the straight path, to study the Quran with the mental attitude of a seeker-after-truth and
to recognize the fact that the Lord of the Universe is the source of all knowledge. He should, therefore,
begin the study of the Quran with a prayer to him for guidance.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 2.419
Narrated by
Talha bin Abdullah bin Auf
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