Quote:
{79:27} Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? God constructed it.
I suggest,
{79:27} Are you a tougher creation or the sky? He built it.Quote:
{79:28} He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
Love Asad's translation of
سمكها as "its vault." Also, Irving's translation of
سواها as "smoothed it off." I suggest,
{79:28} He raised its vault then smoothed it off.Quote:
{79:29} And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
I suggest,
{79:29} And He saturated its night and brought out its daylight.Quote:
{79:30} And after that He spread the earth.
I suggest,
{79:30} And the earth, after that, He rolled it out.Quote:
{79:31} He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
I suggest,
{79:31} He brought out from it its water and its pasture,Quote:
{79:32} And the mountains He set firmly
I suggest,
{79:32} And the mountains He anchored:Quote:
{79:33} As provision for you and your grazing livestock.
I suggest,
{79:33} A convenience for you and your livestock.