Surah Adh-Dhariyat — Verse 47

The Winnowing Winds · 51:47 · 47/60

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ

Wassamaa banaynahabi-aydin wa-inna lamoosiAAoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

We built the heavens with Our power and made them vast,

Marmaduke Pickthall

We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of space.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And the sky was built by Us with might; and indeed We are the expanders.

Al-Hilali & Khan

With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

And heaven – We made it with Our Own Power and We have the Power to do so.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

AND IT IS We who have built the universe with [Our creative] power; and, verily, it is We who are steadily expanding it.

Rowwad · source edition

We built the heaven with might[13], and We are indeed expanding it.

Notes

[13] ’Ayd does not mean "hands" here. This is not from the verses of Allah's attributes, for Allah Almighty did not add it to Himself, i.e., He did not say, "My ’ayd, or Our ’ayd".