The Unity and Order of the Cosmos as Evidence of Tawhid

Al-Anbya — Verses 30–33 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٣٠

Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were joined together as one united piece, then We parted them? And We have made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?

أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا
Have not those who disbelieve known
أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا
that the heavens and the earth were joined together as one united piece
فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا ۖ
then We parted them?
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ ۖ
And We have made from water every living thing.
أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Will they not then believe?

وَجَعَلْنَا فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ ٣١

And We have placed on the earth firm mountains, lest it should shake with them, and We placed therein broad highways for them to pass through, that they may be guided.

وَجَعَلْنَا فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ
And We have placed on the earth firm mountains,
أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ
lest it should shake with them,
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا
and We placed therein broad highways for them to pass through,
لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ
that they may be guided.

وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَاءَ سَقْفًا مَّحْفُوظًا ۖ وَهُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ ٣٢

And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds, etc.).

وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَاءَ
And We have made the heaven
سَقْفًا مَّحْفُوظًا ۖ
a roof, safe and well guarded.
وَهُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِهَا
Yet they turn away from its signs
مُعْرِضُونَ

وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ ٣٣

And He it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating.

وَهُوَ الَّذِي
And He it is Who
خَلَقَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ
has created the night and the day,
وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ ۖ
and the sun and the moon,
كُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
each in an orbit floating.