Surah As Sajda Tafseer

يُدَبِّرُ الاَْمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَاء إِلَى الاَْرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ

He directs the command from the heavens to the earth; then it will go up to Him,)

means, His command comes down from above the heavens to the furthest boundary of the seventh earth.

This is like the Ayah,

اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَتٍ وَمِنَ الاٌّرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ الاٌّمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ

It is Allah Who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof. The command descends between them,(65:12)

Deeds are raised up to the place of recording above the lowest heaven. The distance between heaven and earth is the distance of five hundred years traveling, and the thickness of the heaven is the distance of five hundred years.

Mujahid, Qatadah and Ad-Dahhak said,

"The distance covered by the angel when he descends or ascends is the distance of five hundred years, but he covers it in the blink of an eye."

Allah says:

فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ