And Allah the Exalted said (in Surah At-Talaq) «الله الذي خلق سبع سموات ومن الأرض مثلهن يتنزل الأمر بينهن لتعلموا أن الله على كل شىء قدير وأن الله قد أحاط بكل شىء علما‏» : "Allah is He Who created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof. His command descends among them, so that you may know that Allah is Able to do all things, and that Allah has encompassed all things in knowledge." And in Surah At-Tur, «والسقف المرفوع‏» refers to the sky, and in Surah An-Nazi'at, the word «رفع سمكها‏» means «سمك‏» , that is, the meaning is building or structure. And in Surah Adh-Dhariyat, the word «حبك» means being level, that is, smooth and beautiful. In Surah Al-Inshiqaq, the word «أذنت‏» means it listened and obeyed, and the word «ألقت‏» means all the dead in it were brought out and it became empty. And in Surah Al-Lail, the word «طحاها‏» means it was spread out. And in Surah An-Nazi'at, the word «ساهرة» means the surface of the earth, where living beings reside, sleep, and go.

Narrated Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Al-Harith: from Abu Salama bin `Abdur-Rahman who had a dispute with some people on a piece of land, and so he went to `Aisha and told her about it. She said, "O Abu Salama, avoid the land, for Allah's Apostle said, 'Any person who takes even a span of land unjustly, his neck shall be encircled with it down seven earths.' "