Do you believe there 7 sky above us?

Indonesia
June 5, 2009 5:34am CST
I read on several blog that sky above us is total 7. Do you believe that? You can search articles on google with tag "seven sky above us". I like browsing and read more articles about life.
3 responses
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
5 Jun 09
This seems to come from at least two references in the Quran: "He created Seven heavens, one above the other, do you see any fault in the work of the Merciful? " (Chap Al Mulk :3) "He created seven Firmaments and of the earth a similar number" (Quran 23:17) In modern scientific terminology, the Earth's atmosphere can be said to be divided into seven broad regions or layers (which are complicated by the boundaries between them). These can be said to be: Exosphere, Ionosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Ozone Layer, Stratosphere and Troposphere. This is actually stretching the point a bit, since the Ozone Layer is actually part of the Stratosphere. You can read more detail here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere In fact, the Quran is a prophetic rather than a scientific book and the word for 'heavens' (which may also be translated as 'firmaments' or 'skies') probably does not refer to physical layers of the atmosphere but to mystical divisions of heaven and earth. Seven is a 'magic' or holy or special number, especially in Abrahamic cultures but also in many other Indo-european cultures.
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
5 Jun 09
Incidentally, I don't read Arabic so I don't know what the actual words are that are used in these passages and what their connotations would be in the language of the time they were written - a quite important point when translating!
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
5 Jun 09
In English, there is a common saying that when someone is very happy, they are in "seventh heaven". There are said to be seven heavens both in Islamic and Judaic tradition, with the last being the highest realm, the abode of God and the Seraphim. For more information on that see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Heavens
@kenthus (17)
17 Apr 11
i believe
@northway (53)
• China
5 Jun 09
In China there are 9 sky above us and 18 floors under us,good man would go to the sky when they die whereas bad men are dragged to the hell where there are 18 floors,the wicked you are,the deeper you live in the hell.