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And when the sky is stripped away}}
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===Sky is a well guarded canopy===
===Sky is a guarded canopy===


This seems to relate to the verses about devils chased by lamps (meteors) in the lowest heaven (see above). Somewhat ironically, the things supposedly doing the guarding (meteors) can actually pose a threat to living things on Earth.
This verse seems to relate to the verses about devils chased by shooting stars (meteors) that guard the lowest heaven. See for example {{Quran-range|37|6|10}} discussed above, in which we find a noun meaning guard from the same Arabic root ([http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume2/00000237.pdf hafiza]) as the verb in this verse). Somewhat ironically, the things supposedly guarding the sky / heaven can actually pose a threat to living things on Earth.


Asteroids and meteorites have penetrated the atmosphere and hit the earth throughout the course of history. This includes the [[w:Chicxulub crater|massive meteorite]] that hit near the [[w:Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán Peninsula]] 65 million years which killed off numerous species including most dinosaurs. There is no guardian, whatsoever, that prevents these types of events from happening.
Asteroids and meteorites have penetrated the atmosphere and hit the earth throughout the course of history. This includes the [[w:Chicxulub crater|massive meteorite]] that hit near the [[w:Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán Peninsula]] 65 million years which killed off numerous species including most dinosaurs.


{{Quote|{{Quran|21|32}}|
{{Quote|{{Quran|21|32}}|
And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do they turn away from the Signs which these things (point to)}}
And We have made the heaven a guarded canopy and (yet) they turn aside from its signs.}}


===Sky can Fall Down on People===
===Sky can Fall Down on People===
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