Surah 67:3–5:
"[He] who created seven heavens in layers. You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return vision ; do you see any rifts? Then return vision twice again. [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued. And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps and have made them missiles to stone the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze."
Verses 3–5 present a structural and mechanical description of the universe that modern astrophysics fundamentally disproves.
The text challenges the reader to look up at the sky and search for "rifts," "cracks," or "fissures" (fuṭūr). In classical Arabic philology, fuṭūr refers to structural fractures in a hard, material object (like wood, stone, or clay). The verse asserts that the sky is a flawless, solid, vaulted roof overhead.
Verse 5 takes this material architecture a step further, claiming that the "nearest heaven" (al-samāʾa al-dunyā) is decorated with physical lamps (stars) that double as literal weapon projectiles: "and have made them missiles to stone the devils."
Modern astronomy and planetary science show a massive categorical distinction between stars and meteors. Stars are colossal, hyper-distant spheres of plasma burning billions of light-years away, while shooting stars (meteors) are tiny bits of space debris or dust igniting upon friction with Earth's local troposphere. The text conflates these two completely different phenomena into a single, localized mythological narrative: invisible devils floating up to a solid sky ceiling to spy on divine councils, only to be chased away by physical chunks of burning star matter.