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Quran · Surah 55:33–35

Penetrate the regions of the heavens

EvidenceDocumentedThe text exists and is quoted from a published translation. What it describes is a separate question.What this means
ReferenceSurah 55:33–35
Written610–632 CE
SetAddressed to jinn and humans
O company of jinn and men, if ye have power to penetrate (all) regions of the heavens and the earth, then penetrate (them)! Ye will never penetrate them save with (Our) sanction… There will be sent, against you both, heat of fire and flash of brass.

Translation: Pickthall, 1930 · About the translator

Read it literally

Space travel is possible with authorization. Unauthorized launches meet 'heat of fire and flash of brass'.

What scholars say

Read as a challenge showing human limits.

From the sky Looks like technology

Quick answers about Surah 55:33–35

Where is Surah 55:33–35 found?

Surah 55:33–35 (Quran). Translation quoted: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930).

When was Surah 55:33–35 written?

610–632 CE.

What do scholars say about Surah 55:33–35?

Read as a challenge showing human limits.

Rabbit holes in this passage

BeingJinnA second intelligent species made of smokeless fire, invisible, with free will, and once able to eavesdrop on the sky.

Sources

  1. Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)Primary text
  2. Quran 55:14–15; also 72:1–9 and 37:6–10, trans. Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)Primary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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