وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ

تفسير .... وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ
الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَاطِينِ ۖ
وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ

(67:5) We have adorned the lower heaven *9 with lamps, *10 and have made them a means to drive away the satans. *11 We have prepared for them the chastisement of the Blazing Fire.
*9) "The nearest heaven": the heaven the stars and planets of which can
be seen with the naked eye; the objects beyond that which can be seen
only through telescopes are the distant heaven; and the heavens still
farther away are those which have not yet been seen even with
telescopes.
*10) The word masabih in the original has been used as a
common noun, and therefore, automatically gives the meaning of the
lamp's being splendid and glorious. It means: "We have not created this
universe dark, dismal and desolate, but have decked and decorated it
with stars, the glory and grandeur of which at night strike man with
amazement."
*11) This does not mean that the stars themselves are
pelted at the Satans, nor that the meteorites shoot out only to drive
away the Satans, but it means that the countless meteorites which
originate from the stars and wander in space at tremendous speeds and
which also fall to the earth in a continuous shower prevent the Satans
of the earth from ascending to the heavens. Even if they try to ascend
heavenward these meteorites drive them away. This thing has been
mentioned here because the Arabs believed about the soothsayers, and
this also was the claim made by the soothsayers themselves, that the
Satans were under their control, or that they had a close contact with
them, and through them they received news of the unseen, and thus, could
foretell the destinies of the people. That is why at several places in
the Qur'an, it has been stated that there is absolutely no possibility
of the Satans' ascending to the heavens and bringing news of the unseen.
(For explanation, see E.N.'s 9-12 of AI-Hijr, E.N.'s 6, 7 of
As-Saaffat).
As for the truth about meteorites, man's information in
this regard is still without a scientific basis. However, the theory
which seems best to account for all the facts known today and the
information gathered from the examination of the meteorites fallen on
the earth, is that meteorites originate from the disintegration of one
or more planets and wander in space and sometimes fall to the earth
under its gravitational pull. (See Erlcyclopaedia Britannica, vol. XV,
under "Meteorites