Surah Qaf (Qaf) 50 : 6

Explanatory Note

As the Surah prepares to discuss their objections to resurrection, it touches on further aspects of this fundamental truth as it appears in the structure of the universe. It invites them to look at the heavens, the earth, mountains, rain, palm trees, gardens and plants. The style employed here is in full harmony with the magnificence of the solid truth: "Do they not look at the sky above them: how We have built it and adorned it, leaving no flaws in it."

The sky represents a page in the book of the universe, testifying to the truth they had abandoned. Do they not see its lofty and firm structure, its adorned beauty and flawless freedom? Needless to say, stability, beauty and perfection are clear features common to both the sky and the truth. Hence they come in for special emphasis here, as do the facts that the sky is well built, adorned and is without holes and cracks in its structure.