Didn't He SayCLAIM № 02COSMOLOGYSŪRAT ADH-DHĀRIYĀTAligned
Primary source
وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
"And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander."
Qur'an 51:47 · trans. Saheeh International
Independent findings
Classical exegesis read the expanding as vastness or unfailing capacity; the reading that links it to metric expansion is modern. Because the linguistic link is plausible but not necessary, the record is stamped ALIGNED — the stamp this library uses when a reading fits but cannot be forced.
PROVENANCE: manuscript → Ḥafṣ transmission → 1924 Cairo edition✓ text unchanged