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How does the word "lamūsiʿūn" (لَمُوسِعُونَ) in the noble verse: "And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are its expanders" (وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ) indicate the continuous expansion of the heaven?

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Allah Almighty informed us in His Book of the vastness of the heaven when He said: "And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander" (51:47). The verse indicates that the heaven is in a state of continuous expansion through the word "لَمُوسِعُونَ" (Lamūsi'ūn), which denotes continuity. Modern science has indeed proven this fact.

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