In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
010.003 Your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then established Himself on the Throne managing the affair, there is no intercessor except after His permission. That is Allah your Lord so worship Him, will you not then remember.
013.002 Allah is He Who raised the heavens without pillars that you see, then mounted the Throne, and subjected the sun and the moon each running for a term appointed, managing the affair making clear the signs, that you may be certain of meeting your Lord.
032.004 Allah Who created the skies and the earth and what in between them in six days, then He descended on the Throne, you have no Guardian or Intercessor other than Him, will you not remember.
032.005 He manages the order from the sky to the earth, then it ascends to Him in a day that is equal to one thousand years of your reckoning.
032.006 That is the Knowledgeable of the unseen and the seen, the Almighty the Compassionate.
032.007 Who has made everything He created most good, and began the creation of the human from clay.
032.008 Then made his progeny of an extract of despised water.
032.009 Then He fashioned him and breathed into him of His Spirit, and made for you the hearing and the sights and the hearts, you rarely give thanks.
065.012 Allah Who created seven heavens, and of the earth like them, He descends the commandment between them, that you may know that Allah is capable over all things, and that Allah has encompassed all things in knowledge.
055.029 All those in the heavens and the earth ask of Him, every day He is in an affair.
010.031 Say who sustains you from the sky and the earth, or who has ownership over the hearing and the sights, and who brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the living and who manages the affair, they will say Allah, then say will you not show piety.
023.071 And had the truth followed their desires, the heavens and the earth would have corrupted and all those therein. No, We have brought them their Reminder, but from their Reminder they turn away.
036.036 Glory be to Him Who created all pairs, of what the earth grows, and of them selves and of what they do not know.
036.040 It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day, and they all (Or each) float in an orbit.
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said:
Allah created on the same day when He created the skies and the earth, one hundred mercies, every part of mercy is coextensive with the space between the sky and the earth, and He endowed one part to the earth, and it is because of this part that the mother shows affection to her child, and that the beasts and birds show kindness to one another, and when there would be the day of resurrection, Allah would make full (use) with this mercy”.(Muslim: 2753)
“There are one hundred grades in paradise which Allah has prepared for those who work hard for his cause, between every two grades is like what is between the sky and the earth, so if you ask Allah, ask Him for Al Firdaus, for it is the middle of paradise and the highest in paradise …….”.(Bukhari: 2790)
From the narration about the night ascension to heaven: “In the nearest sky, the Prophet met Adam … and Jesus and Yahya in the second sky … and Joseph in the third sky … and Idris in the fourth sky … and Aaron in the fifth sky … and Moses in the sixth sky … and Abraham in the seventh sky”. (Bukhari: 3207) {And your Lord knows better who are in the skies and the earth. We have preferred some prophets over others and We gave David a Book of Psalms.17:55}.
Check the page with Prophet Muhammad’s peace be upon him, sayings about the seven heavens.
And here is what Jesus Christ peace be upon him, said about the kingdom of God:
“The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you.” Luke 17:20-22
Jesus said, “If your leaders say to you, ‘Look, the (Father’s) kingdom is in the sky,’ then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, ‘It is in the sea,’ then the fish will precede you. Rather, the (Father’s) kingdom is within you and it is outside you. Thomas 3
“It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Rather, the Father’s kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and people don’t see it.” Thomas 113
"Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.” Lu 8: 10
July, 2007
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