Quran Universe
51:47

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

Waalssamaa banaynaha biaydin wainna lamoosiAAoona

And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

Word by word
  1. وَٱلسَّمَآءَAnd the heaven
  2. بَنَيۡنَٰهَاWe constructed it
  3. بِأَيۡيْدٖwith strength
  4. وَإِنَّاand indeed,We
  5. لَمُوسِعُونَ(are) surely (its) Expanders
Adh-Dhariyat · 51:47Makkah

The sky was built with strength and is still being widened.

Look up from the ruins

The heaven
built with strengtha high, protected roof
no pillarshanging on its own
made vastWe are its expander
What the sky says
just the weatherbackground noise
a sign of His powerand that He is One

After the ruined nations, the surah looks up. The tafsir says Allah made the sky a high roof, protected from falling, built with strength, and made it vast without pillars to support it. It is a proof of His Oneness.

You walk to the car with your eyes on your phone. Above you is a roof with no pillars that has not fallen once in your life. Look up for ten seconds. The One who holds that up can hold your day.

The sky is just there.

The sky is a daily proof that Allah holds what I cannot.

Try this

Step outside tonight, look up for one full minute, and say SubhanAllah.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

With Hands We constructed the heaven. Verily, We are able to expand the vastness of space thereof (47)And We have made the earth a Firash; how excellent spreader (thereof) are We (48)And of everything We have created pairs, that you may remember (49)So, flee to Allah. Verily, I am a plain warner to you from Him (50)And set not up any other god along with Allah. Verily, I am a plain warner to you from Him (51)

Proofs of Allah's Oneness abound in the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth

Allah reminds us of the creating of the higher and lower worlds,

وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا

(We constructed the heaven.) meaning, 'We made it as a high roof, protected from falling,'

 بِأَيْدٍ

(with Hands), meaning, with strength, according to 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah, Ath-Thawri and several others,

وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

(Verily, We are able to extend the vastness of space thereof.) means, 'We made it vast and We brought its roof higher without pillars to support it, and thus it is hanging independently.'

وَالْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَاهَا

(And We have made the earth a Firash), meaning, 'We have made it a resting place for the created,'

 فَنِعْمَ الْمَاهِدُونَ

(how excellent a spreader (thereof) are We!), meaning, 'We spread it for its inhabitants,'

وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ

(And of everything We have created pairs,) meaning, all the created are in pairs, the heaven and earth, night and day, sun and moon, land and sea, light and darkness, faith and disbelief, death and life, misery and happiness, Paradise and Fire, in addition to the animals and plants. The statement of Allah the Exalted,

لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

(that you may remember.) and know that the Creator, Allah, is One without partners,

فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ 

(So, flee to Allah.) meaning, seek shelter with Him and trust in Him in all of your affairs,

إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ - وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۖ

(Verily, I am a plain warner to you from Him. And set not up any other god along with Allah.) do not associate any partners with Him,

إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ

(Verily, I am a plain warner to you from Him.)