478- As Mūsā ibn Hārūn narrated to me, he said: ʿAmr ibn Ḥammād narrated to us, he said: Asbāṭ narrated to us, from al-Suddī, in a report he mentioned, from Abū Mālik and from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Ibn ʿAbbās—and from Murra, from Ibn Masʿūd, and from some people among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him: "And the sky a canopy," so the construction of the sky over the earth is like the form of a dome, and it is a roof over the earth. (1)

479- Bishr ibn Muʿādh narrated to us, he said: Yazīd narrated to us, from Saʿīd, from Qatāda regarding the statement of Allah: "And the sky a canopy," he said: He made the sky a roof for you.

Exalted is His remembrance, He mentioned the sky and the earth among what He enumerated to them of His favors that He bestowed upon them, because from them come their nourishment, sustenance, and livelihoods, and through them is the subsistence of their worldly life. Thus He informed them that the One who created them both and created all that is within them and all the blessings they enjoy is the One who alone deserves obedience from them, and demands gratitude and worship from them, to the exclusion of idols and images, which neither harm nor benefit.

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The discourse regarding the Interpretation of the statement of Allah, majestic is His praise: {and sent down water from the sky, and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you}

Exalted is His remembrance, He means by that that He sent down rain from the sky, and brought forth by that rain—from what they cultivated in the earth of their crops and plantings—fruits (2) as provision for them, nourishment, and sustenance. Thus He alerted them by that to His power and authority, and reminded them through it of His favors toward them, and that He is the One who created them, and He is the One who provides for them and sustains them, to the exclusion of those whom they set up as equals and peers to Him among idols and deities.