فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ Then He completed them faqaḍāhunna (as) seven sabʿa heavens samāwātin in fī two periods yawmayni and He revealed wa-awḥā in fī each kulli heaven samāin its affair amrahā And We adorned wazayyannā the heaven l-samāa [the world] l-dun'yā with lamps bimaṣābīḥa and (to) guard waḥif'ẓan That dhālika (is the) Decree taqdīru (of) the All-Mighty l-ʿazīzi the All-Knower l-ʿalīmi
And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired [i.e., made known] in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars, for beauty] and as protection.1 That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.