The Ranks (Al-Saffat)
Verses 6-10 GROUP_1162 37.6-10
6
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاء الدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَوَاكِبِ
We have adorned the lowest heaven with the beauty of the planets;
7
وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَّارِدٍ
and guarded it against all rebellious devils:
8
لَا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَى وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ
they cannot overhear the Higher Assembly for they are pelted from every side,
9
دُحُورًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ
driven away, and will suffer eternal punishment.
10
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ
But if anyone does succeed in snatching a glimpse [of such knowledge], he shall be pursued by a piercing flame.
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Commentary
(a) ‘The lowest heaven’ (as-sama’ ad-dunya) perhaps refers to that part of space which is nearer to man and which can be seen with the naked eye. The creatures such as the jinn attempt to fathom information about the unknown. But in the lowest heaven itself the arrangement is such that any such brazen endeavour is disrupted by occurrences like the shower of meteors.