The surah concludes by defining the nature and storage system of the Quranic text, locking it into an ancient, physicalist cosmology.
Surah 85:21-22:
But this is an honored Qur'an,in a Preserved Tablet. (In Arabic: Fee Lawhin Mahfudh)
The Mythological Flaw: The text states that the Quran physically exists as an architectural object—a massive, solid, literal tablet (Lawh) hanging up in the heavens.
Classical companion traditions, such as those recorded from Ibn Abbas, double down on this physical literalism, claiming the tablet is made of white pearl or red ruby and extends from heaven to earth. This reflects an archaic, pre-scientific Near Eastern mythological worldview that treats divine memory, knowledge, and truth as literal text carved into physical furniture floating above a flat earth canopy, rather than the spiritual omniscience of an immaterial God