50:6 Qaaf (The letter Qaaf)

لما ذكر تعالى حالة المكذبين، وما ذمهم به، دعاهم إلى النظر في آياته الأفقية، كي يعتبروا، ويستدلوا بها، على ما جعلت أدلة عليه فقال: { أَفَلَمْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَوْقَهُمْ } أي: لا يحتاج ذلك النظر إلى كلفة وشد رحل، بل هو في غاية السهولة، فينظرون { كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَاهَا } قبة مستوية الأرجاء، ثابتة البناء، مزينة بالنجوم الخنس، والجوار الكنس، التي ضربت من الأفق إلى الأفق في غاية الحسن والملاحة، لا ترى فيها عيبًا، ولا فروجًا، ولا خلالًا، ولا إخلالاً.قد جعلها الله سقفًا لأهل الأرض، وأودع فيها من مصالحهم الضرورية ما أودع.

يقول تعالى منبها للعباد على قدرته العظيمة التي أظهر بها ما هو أعظم مما تعجبوا مستبعدين لوقوعه "أفلم ينظروا إلى السماء فوقهم كيف بنيناها وزيناها" أي بالمصابيح "وما لها من فروج" قال مجاهد يعني من شقوق وقال غيره فتوق وقال غيره صدوع والمعنى متقارب كقوله تبارك وتعالى "الذي خلق سبع سموات طباقا ما ترى في خلق الرحمن من تفاوت فارجع البصر هل ترى من فطور ثم ارجع البصر كرتين ينقلب إليك البصر خاسئا وهو حسير" أي كليل عن أن يرى عيبا أو نقصا.

Allah's Power and Ability over what is Greater than Resurrection

Allah the Exalted notifies the servants of His infinite power, which He demonstrated by creating what is bigger than that which they wondered about and whose possibility they discount,

أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُواْ إِلَى السَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـهَا وَزَيَّنَّـهَا

(Have they not looked at the heaven above them, how We have made it and adorned it,) with lamps;

وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

(and there are no Furuj in it) i.e., clefts, according to Mujahid. Others said that Furuj means, rifts, or cracks. All these meanings are close to one another. Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said,

الَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ طِبَاقًا مَّا تَرَى فِى خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَـنِ مِن تَفَـوُتٍ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَى مِن فُطُورٍ - ثُمَّ اْرجِعِ البَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ البَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ

(Who has created the seven heavens one above another; you can see no fault in the creation of the Most Gracious. Then look again: "Can you see any rifts" Then look again and yet again, your sight will return to you in a state of humiliation and worn out.) (67:2-4) fatigued, unable to discover any imperfection or shortcomings. The statement of Allah the Exalted, the Blessed,

وَالاٌّرْضَ مَدَدْنَـهَا

(And the earth! We have spread it out, ) means, `We made it spacious and spread it out,'

وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَسِيَ

(and set thereon Rawasi standing firm.) which are the mountains to save the earth from shaking along with its inhabitants,

وَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ

(and We planted in it every lovely (Bahij) pair.) every kind and species of plant, fruit and vegetation,

وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

(And of everything We have created pairs that you may reflect.)(51:49) Allah's saying `Bahij', meaning a beautiful scene,

تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَى لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

(An insight and a Reminder for every servant who turns to Allah in repentance.) Allah says that observing the creation of the heavens and earth and all the great things that He has placed in them provides insight, proof and a lesson for every penitent servant who submits in humbleness and repentance to Allah feeling fear, in awe of Him. Allah the Exalted said,

وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـرَكاً

(And We send down blessed water from the sky,) meaning beneficial,

فَأَنبَتْنَا بِهِ جَنَّـتٍ

(then We produce therewith Jannat), means special and public parks, gardens, etc.

وَحَبَّ الْحَصِيدِ

(and grain that are reaped) grains that are harvested for food and for storage for later use,

بَـسِقَـتٍ

(And date palms Basiqat,) meaning, tall and high, according to the explanation reported from Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Al-Hasan, Qatadah and As-Suddi. Allah said,

لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ

(with arrranged clusters.) producing fruits arranged in clusters,

رِّزْقاً لِّلْعِبَادِ

(A provision for (Allah's) servants.) for (Allah's) creation,

وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتاً

(And We give life therewith to a dead land.) this is the land that was barren. However, when rain falls upon it, it is stirred to life; it swells and produces all of the lovely pairs such as flowers and the like -- amazing on account of their beauty. All of this comes into existence after the land was without greenery, yet it was stirred back to life and became green. Indeed, this should provide proof of Resurrection after death and disintegration; thus Allah resurrects the dead. This sign of Allah's ability that is seen and witnessed is greater than the denial of those who discount the possibility of Resurrection. Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said in other Ayat,

لَخَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْـبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ

(The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind;) (40:57),

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَن يُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى بَلَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

(Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied by their creation, is able to give life to the dead Yes, He surely is Able to do all things.)(46:33) and,

وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ أَنَّكَ تَرَى الاٌّرْضَ خَـشِعَةً فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَآءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ إِنَّ الَّذِى أَحْيَـهَا لَمُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

(And among His signs (is this), that you see the earth barren; but when We send down water to it, it is stirred to life and growth. Verily, He Who gives it life, surely is able to give life to the dead. Indeed He is Able to do all things.)(41:39)

Have they not then looked with their own eyes at the heaven being above them in order to take heed by their own minds of the consequences for them when they deny the Resurrection how We have built it without supports and adorned it with planets and how there are no cracks in it? no fissures blemishing it.

After mentioning the confused state of the infidels, Allah draws man's attention to His infinite power which He demonstrated by creating what is bigger than that which they wondered about and whose possibility they discounted. Referring to the heaven, the Qur'an says: وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُ‌وجٍ (...and it has no cracks...50:6). Lexically, the word furuj is the plural of farj which means a crack, or an opening. This and the following few verses draw attention to the marvels of Allah's creation, the wonderful design in the universe, and to the flawless celestial firmament. If this was made by man there would have been patches, cracks, clefts or rifts. But no one can find any sort of patchwork or stitching in the sky. This, however, does not negate the existence of doors in the heaven. A door is not referred to as a crack: