Once when the Prophet (pbuh) was sitting with his Companions, a cloud came above them, so the Prophet (pbuh) said: Do you know what this is? They said: Allah and His Messenger know better. He said: These are the clouds that are to drench the earth, which Allah [Blessed and Most High] dispatches to people who are not grateful to Him, nor supplicate to Him. Then he said: Do you know what is above you? They said: Allah and His Messenger know better. Above you is a preserved canopy of the firmament whose surge is restrained. Between you and the first heaven is the distance of five-hundred years and each heaven thereafter is a distance of five hundred years until the seventh heaven. Then above the seventh heaven there is a sea, between whose top and bottom is a distance like that between one heaven and another. Then above that there are eight (angels in the form of) mountain goats. The distance between their hooves and their knees is like the distance between one heaven and the next. Then on their backs is the Throne, and the distance between the top and the bottom of the Throne is like the distance between one heaven and another. Then Allah is above that, the Blessed and Exalted. Then he said: Do you know what is under you? They said: Allah and His Messenger know better. He said: Indeed it is the earth. Then he said: Do you know what is under that? They said: Allah and His Messenger know better. He said: Verily, below it is another earth, between the two of which is a distance of five-hundred years. Until he enumerated seven earths: Between every two earths is a distance of five-hundred years. Then he said If you were to send [a man] down with a rope to the lowest earth, then he would descend upon Allah. Then he recited: He is Al-Awwal, Al-Akhir, Az-Zahir Al-Batin, and He has knowledge over all things. Allah is He Who created seven heavens and the earth of similar number. Through the midst of them (all) descends His Command: that ye may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah comprehends, all things in (His) Knowledge. [65:12] Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. [2:255
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:58:59 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015