49. What is the explanation of Ayah 16 of Suratul-Mulk [A’amintum man fis-sama’i ayyakhsifa bikumul-ard]?   أأمنتم من في السماء أن يخسف بكم الأرض 

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This Ayah means, “Do you feel secure that the angels in the sky will not shake the earth from under you and get you swallowed in a landslide, upon the order of Allah?” The interpreter of the Qur’an, Al-Fakhr Ar-Raziyy, in his explanation, and Abu Hayan Al-Andalusiyy, in his book Al-Bahr Al-Muhit, both stated that the term ‘man fis-sama’i’  refers to ‘the angels in the sky’ and it does not mean that Allah dwells in the sky.