Praise be to Allah Who raised the heavens without pillars and made the earth wide and manageable to you to be the residence of His servants in this worldly life and after death. From earth they were created and unto it they shall return and from it they will be brought out once again on Judgement Day. I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, with Whom there is no associate, parallel or rival. I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, the righteous one among His servants. May peace and blessings be upon him, his family, his companions and those who will follow them until Judgment Day.

O people! Fear Allah, obey Him and have faith in all that He commands you, and turn away from what goes against His Book and the Sunnah of His Prophet (Salla Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) because what contradicts the Book and the Sunnah is, undoubtedly, nonsense and falsehood. What agrees with the Book and Sunnah is the truth, which is not susceptible to any doubt. Be sure that Allah did not set anyone to be the witness of the creation. He created the heavens and the earth and no one has any knowledge as to its reality except what came through revelation. Almighty Allah says: “I called them not to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor (even) their own creation: nor is it for Me to take as helpers such as lead (men) astray!” (Al-Kahf: 51).

Therefore, those who indulge in studying the creation of the heavens and the earth; of which material it has been created, when and how it was created - it is a study based on speculation which might be right or wrong. That is because no human could claim to have witnessed the creation of the heavens and the earth. This is the confirmed truth, which is based on what is revealed in the holy Qur’an rather than what is reported from the Prophet (Salla Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam).

O Muslims! Almighty Allah created the heavens and the earth in six days and made the heavens seven and the earth seven layers one above the other. He says which translates as: “See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,” (Nuh: 15), and established them in strong and well-formed structure. He also says which translates as: “Do they not look at the sky above them? How We have made it and adorned it, and there are no flaws in it?” (Qaf: 6). “With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of Space.” (Az-Zariyat: 47).  “And (have We not) built over you the seven Firmaments,” (An-Naba’: 12).

Allah has separated them by spaces, so Gabriel ascended with the Prophet (Salla Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) from one heaven to the other until they reached the seventh. Almighty Allah raised it in a fabulous way. He says which translates as: “What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it: On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.” (An-Nazi’at: 27-28).

He, glorified be He, raised it without pillars and sustained it with His might. He says which translates as: “…He withholds the sky (rain) from falling on the earth except by His leave: for Allah is Most Kind and Most Merciful to man” (Al-Hajj: 65), “Allah is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars that ye can see…” (Ar-Ra’d: 2). Allah has made the cover of the sky protected from devils. He says which translates as: “ And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded…” (Al-Anbiya’: 32), “It is We Who have set out the Zodiacal Signs in the heavens, and made them fair-seeming to (all) beholders; And (moreover) We have guarded them from every evil spirit accursed: But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see)” (Al- Hijr: 16-18).

He has made doors, which do not open except, by His leave. He says which translates as: “To those who reject Our Signs and treat them with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the Garden…” (Al-A’raf: 40). On the Resurrection Day, Allah will roll up the heavens by His right Hand. In this regard He says which translates as: “The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books (completed), even as We produced the first Creation, so shall We produce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfill it”. (Al-Anbiya’: 104), “ No just estimate have they made of Allah, such as is due to Him: on the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: Glory to Him! High is He above the Partners they attribute to Him! ” (Az- Zumar: 67).

O Muslims! These great decisive verses indicate beyond any doubt that the seven heavens are actual bodies, which are sustained, and no one can approach except by Allah’s leave. Do you not know that the Prophet (Salla Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) who is the best among humans and Gabriel who is the best among angels could not enter the heavens during ascension except by Allah’s leave? What about other creatures?

O people! How can a believer after all these references say that the heavens are developed from the earth or to say that what we see is a limitless space. Whoever believe in this is either ignorant of the revelation or denying it out of arrogance and opposing Allah and His Messenger. Almighty Allah says which translates as: “… if any contend against Allah and His Messenger, Allah is strict in punishment.” (Al-Anfal: 13),“If anyone contends with the Messenger even after guidance has been plainly conveyed to him, and follows a path other than that becoming to men of Faith, We shall leave him in the path he has chosen, and land him in Hell, what an evil refuge!” (An-Nisa’: 115).

Therefore, whoever denies the creation or the existence of the heavens is denying Allah. As to the earth, it was created seven according to the explicit text of the holy Qur’an and Sunnah of the Prophet (Salla Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam). Allah says which translates as: “Allah is He Who created seven Firmaments and of the earth a similar number” (At- Talaaq: 12), and the Prophet (Salla Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) is reported to have said: “O Allah! The Lord of the seven heavens and their cover and the Lord of the seven layers of earth and what they hold!” The earth is similar to the heavens as being in layers one above the other. The Prophet (Salla Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) is reported to have said:  “He who took a span of earth wrongly would be made to wear around his neck seven earths on the Day of Resurrection (Bukhaarie).

The conclusion is that there are earths one under the other. What we have of knowledge is so little. Allah has created these heavens and earths and included in them signs of His might and the secrets of His creatures which He has mentioned in some detail in Surah Fussilat where He says which translates as: “Say: Is it that ye deny Him Who created the earth in two Days? And do ye join equals with Him? He is the Lord of (all) the Worlds. He set on the (earth) mountains standing firm, high above it, and bestowed blessings on the earth, and measured therein all things to give them nourishment in due proportion, in four Days, in accordance with (the needs of) those who seek (sustenance), Moreover, He comprehended in His design the sky, and it had been (as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth: Come ye together, willingly or unwillingly. They said: We do come (together), in willing obedience” (Fussilat: 9-12).

He concealed many things from his servants, therefore, it is not allowed for anyone to try to prove a secret of the universe by himself except through a transmitted or manifest proof, but theories, which are susceptible to refutation and change, they do not represent actual proofs to depend on. Worst than that is twisting the meaning of the holy Qur’an to serve these theories, which are open to refutation and corruption. Whoever interprets the holy Qur’an out of his own mind should be assured of his place in the Hellfire.

May Allah guide you and I to understand His Book and behave accordingly, and protect us against deviation words and