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وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَـكُمْ سَبْعاً شِدَاداًۙ

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidada

We built seven firm layers above you.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And We constructed above you seven mighty ones

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And We have built above you seven Cosmic Systems.

  • Sam Gerrans

    And We built above you seven strong ones,

  • The Monotheist Group

    And We constructed above you seven mighty ones?

  • Edip-Layth

    We constructed above you seven mighty ones?

  • Aisha Bewley

    We built seven firm layers above you.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    We built above you seven universes.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    We raised over you several secure (skies),

  • Sahih International

    And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

  • Muhammad Asad

    And We have built above you seven firmaments,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    We built above you seven fortitudinous heavens vast and with endless amplitude. *

  • Bijan Moeinian

    And built universe upon universe above you

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,

  • Mustafa Khattab

    and built above you seven mighty ˹heavens˺,

  • Taqi Usmani

    And We have built seven strong (skies),

  • Abdul Haleem

    Did We not build seven strong [heavens] above you,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    And We have built above you seven strong ones,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and built above you seven solid (heavens)

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And made above you seven firmaments (heavens)?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

  • George Sale

    and built over you seven solid heavens;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And (have We not) built over you the seven strong arches of the heavens?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And We have built above you seven strong (heavenly bodies of the solar system),

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and build above you the seven mighty heavens?