[[File:Mohammed´s Paradise.jpg|thumb|Lukisan [[miniatur Persia]] yang menggambarkan tujuh petala langit di dalam ''Hamla-i Haydarî'', salah satu naskah riwayat hidup Muhammad, [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]], Paris.]]
[[Alquran]] dan [[Hadis]] berulang kali menyebut-nyebut keberadaan tujuh ''samāwāt'' (سماوات), bentuk jamak dari kata ''samāʾ'' (سماء), artinya 'langit, angkasa, cakrawala', dan berkerabat dengan kata Ibrani ''syamāyim'' (שמים). Tiga di antara ayat-ayat Alquran yang menyebut-nyebut ''samāwāt''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pickthall|first1=M.M.|last2=Eliasi|first2=M.A.H.|date=1999|title=The Holy Qur'an (Transliteration in Roman Script)|publisher=Laurier Books Ltd.|isbn=81-87385-07-3}}</ref> adalah ayat ke-12 [[Surah Fussilat]],<ref>{{cite quran|41|12|style=ns}}</ref> ayat ke-12 [[Surah At-Talaq]],<ref>{{cite quran|65|12|style=ns}}</ref> dan ayat ke-15 [[Surah Nūh]].<ref>{{cite quran|71|15|style=ns}}</ref><!--
ThereAda aredua twomacam interpretationstafsir ofmengenai usingpenggunaan the numberangka "seventujuh". OneMenurut viewpointsalah issatu thattafsir, the numberangka "seventujuh" here simplyhanya meansberarti "manybanyak" andsehingga istidak notboleh todimaknai besecara taken literallyharfiah (theangka numbertujuh iskerap oftendigunakan useduntuk tomengisyaratkan implyjumlah thatyang inbesar thedi Arabicdalam languagebahasa Arab).<ref name=Al-Islam>"[https://www.al-islam.org/philosophy-islamic-laws-nasir-makarim-shirazi-jafar-subhani/question-34-what-meant-seven-heavens What Is Meant By ‘Seven Heavens’?]," ''[https://www.al-islam.org Al-Islam.org]''</ref> ButMeskipun demikian, ada manybanyak othermufasir commentatorslain useyang thememaknainya numbersecara literallyharfiah.
OneMenurut salah satu [[Islamicmodernisme modernismIslam|tafsir modern interpretation]] oftentang "heavens"''samāwāt'', issemua thatbintang alldan the stars and galaxiesgalaksi (including thetermasuk [[MilkyGalaksi WayBimasakti]]) areadalah allbagian part of thedari "firstlangit heavenpertama", anddan "beyondsesudah thatkeenam sixpetala stilllangit biggerselebihnya worldsmasih areada there,"lagi whichalam-alam havelebih yetbesar" toyang bebelum discoveredditemukan bypara scientistsilmuwan.<ref name=Al-Islam/><!--
In other sources, the concept is presented in metaphorical terms. Each of the seven heavens is depicted as being composed of a different material, and Islamic prophets are resident in each.
