Quran Universe
65:12

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِثۡلَهُنَّۖ يَتَنَزَّلُ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ بَيۡنَهُنَّ لِتَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدۡ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عِلۡمَۢا

Allahu allathee khalaqa sabAAa samawatin wamina alardi mithlahunna yatanazzalu alamru baynahunna litaAAlamoo anna Allaha AAala kulli shayin qadeerun waanna Allaha qad ahata bikulli shayin AAilman

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

Word by word
  1. ٱللَّهُAllah
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) He Who
  3. خَلَقَcreated
  4. سَبۡعَseven
  5. سَمَٰوَٰتٖheavens
  6. وَمِنَand of
  7. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earth
  8. مِثۡلَهُنَّۖ(the) like of them
  9. يَتَنَزَّلُDescends
  10. ٱلۡأَمۡرُthe command
  11. بَيۡنَهُنَّbetween them
  12. لِتَعۡلَمُوٓاْthat you may know
  13. أَنَّthat
  14. ٱللَّهَAllah
  15. عَلَىٰ(is) on
  16. كُلِّevery
  17. شَيۡءٖthing
  18. قَدِيرٞAll-Powerful
  19. وَأَنَّAnd that
  20. ٱللَّهَAllah
  21. قَدۡindeed
  22. أَحَاطَencompasses
  23. بِكُلِّall
  24. شَيۡءٍthings
  25. عِلۡمَۢا(in) knowledge
At-Talaq · 65:12Madinah

Seven heavens, and of the earth the like of them.

The surah of family law ends on the cosmos

His creation
seven heavensone above another
seven earthslike them
His command descends
so you knowHis power, His knowledge
Why end here
small household rulesunrelated to the cosmos
the same Lordruns the sky and your home

Ibn Kathir says Allah ends this surah by asserting His perfect power and infinite greatness, so that the religion He legislated is honored and lived. He cites the hadith that whoever wrongly takes even a hand span of land will carry it down through seven earths.

The surah began with a quarrel in one house and ends with seven heavens. The One whose command moves between the skies is the One watching how you split the bills and speak to your ex. And His knowledge surrounds all of it.

Allah is great in the universe, but my home life is my own business.

The Lord of seven heavens knows and cares about how I treat people in my home.

Try this

Tonight, step outside, look at the sky for one minute, and then go inside and be gentle with whoever is there.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

It is Allah Who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof. His command descends between them, that you may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah surrounds all things with (His) knowledge (12)

Allah's Perfect Power

Allah the Exalted asserts His perfect power and infinite greatness, so that the great religion that He has legislated is honored and implemented,

اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ 

(It is Allah Who has created seven heavens) Allah said in similar Ayat, like what Prophet Nuh said to his people,

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا 

(See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another?)(71:15), and,

تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ ۚ 

(The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify him.)(17:44) Allah's statement,

وَمِنَ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ

(and of the earth the like thereof.) means, He created seven earths. In the Two Sahihs, there is a Hadith that states,

مَنْ ظَلَمَ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ

(Whoever usurps the land of somebody unjustly, even if it was a mere hand span, then his neck will be encircled with it down to the seven earths.) And in Sahih Al-Bukhari the wording is:

خُسِفَ بِهِ إِلَى سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ

(...he will sink down to the seven earths.) In the beginning of my book, Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, I mentioned the various narrations for this Hadith when I narrated the story of the creation of the earth. All the thanks and praise is due to Allah.

Those who explained this Hadith to mean the seven continents have brought an implausible explanation that contradicts the letter of the Qur'an and the Hadith without having proof.

This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat At-Talaq, all the thanks and praise is due to Allah.