Are the stars the last of what God created in the six days, and does the meaning of "We adorned" in the verse mean "We created and beautified," and is the sun among the stars, planets, constellations, or lamps?
Allah created the heavens and the earth in six days, and the creation of the earth preceded that of the heavens. The dahw of the earth (the bringing forth of its water and pastures and the setting of its mountains) occurred after the creation of the heavens. There is no sound evidence that precisely determines the time of the creation of the stars, for there is no religious benefit in knowing this, nor any harm in being ignorant of it. Rather, the benefit lies in contemplating their creation and the greatness of theator. In the Arabic language, stars and planets are called masabeeh (lamps), nujoom (stars), kawakib (planets), and suruj (luminaries). The distinction between them is a scientific term that the language does not necessitate. Buruj (mansions/constellations) means appearance, and in the Quran, it refers to either the stars or the stations of the sun and the moon.
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