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Other relevant verses are {{Quran-range|55|33|35}} (flame of fire and smoke, though a slightly different context) and {{Quran-range|72|8|9}}. | Other relevant verses are {{Quran-range|55|33|35}} (flame of fire and smoke, though a slightly different context) and {{Quran-range|72|8|9}}. | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|55|33-35}}|O ye assembly of Jinns and men! if it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth pass ye! not without authority shall ye be able to pass! | |||
Then which of the favors of your Lord will ye deny? On you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke (to choke): No defence will ye have.}}{{Quote|{{Quran|72|8-9}}|And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires. We used, indeed, to sit there in (hidden) stations, to (steal) a hearing; but any who listen now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush.}} | |||
Stars are also an average 5 light years away from each other in our universe<ref>https://public.nrao.edu/ask/what-is-the-average-distance-between-stars-in-our-galaxy/</ref>. For context, light years are the distance travels in one year, which is 186,000 miles/300,000 kilometres per second, at 5.88 trillion miles/9.46 trillion kilometres per year<ref>https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/faq/26/what-is-a-light-year/</ref>, making them an odd choice for a protection/guard, with trillions of miles/kilometers of mostly empty space between them. | Stars are also an average 5 light years away from each other in our universe<ref>https://public.nrao.edu/ask/what-is-the-average-distance-between-stars-in-our-galaxy/</ref>. For context, light years are the distance travels in one year, which is 186,000 miles/300,000 kilometres per second, at 5.88 trillion miles/9.46 trillion kilometres per year<ref>https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/faq/26/what-is-a-light-year/</ref>, making them an odd choice for a protection/guard, with trillions of miles/kilometers of mostly empty space between them. | ||