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Khariya
06/18/04 at 19:11:39
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I came across this flash presentation on the net, it has a verse from the Quran about the creation of the heavens http://www.philosophiewelten.de/flash/space.swf , the translation seems to say that God created all things in the earth and then created the seven heavens. But I thought it was the other way around. I looked at three different translations and there's some differences between Yusuf Ali, Pickthal, and Shakir. So which one is right?

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YUSUFALI: It is He Who hath created for you all things that are on earth; Moreover His design comprehended the heavens, for He gave order and perfection to the seven firmaments; and of all things He hath perfect knowledge.
PICKTHAL: He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth. Then turned He to the heaven, and fashioned it as seven heavens. And He is knower of all things.
SHAKIR: He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth, and He directed Himself to the heaven, so He made them complete seven heavens, and He knows all things.
Re: diffuculty with Quran translations
Nisa
06/18/04 at 22:25:19
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I came across a further translation of the same ayah...(from the Noble Translation):

[i]He it is Who created for you all that is on earth. Then He Istawa (rose over) towards the heaven and made them seven heavens and He is the All-Knower of everything. [/i](2:29)

It seems as though Allah swt did create the earth before the heavens  ???

I thought it was the other way around too...subhanAllah.

Clarifications pleez...

[wlm]
06/18/04 at 22:26:26
Nisa
Re: diffuculty with Quran translations
Khariya
06/19/04 at 10:58:36
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this website here seems to back the idea that the heavens were created first.
http://www.answering-christianity.com/quran/frank_earth_heaven.htm

but that still doesn't explain the ayah above, it's talking about another one.  ???


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