their circumstances, and their welfare might be fully secured. Out of kindness to them, He apportioned heat and cold during night and day in measures beneficial to their fruits and livestock. He made the colour of the sky surrounding them suited to their eyesight; had it been a different colour, it would have harmed their sight. He showed them that it had come into being through the movement we have described and its changing configurations, as mentioned earlier. He also showed them that the sky and the earth, with all the wisdom they contain, despite their immensity and the weight of their bodies, depend upon His sustaining them—glorified and exalted is He—through His words:

“Indeed, Allah holds the heavens and the earth lest they cease to be. And if they should cease, no one after Him could hold them. Indeed, He is Forbearing, Forgiving.”

[Fātir: 41]

Thus the Most High has made known to us that they cannot remain in place except through Him, and that their remaining in place