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Tafsir: Fatir 35:41

35:41
۞ ان الله يمسك السماوات والارض ان تزولا ولين زالتا ان امسكهما من احد من بعده انه كان حليما غفورا ٤١
۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ أَن تَزُولَا ۚ وَلَئِن زَالَتَآ إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًۭا ٤١
۞ إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
يُمۡسِكُ
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ
أَن
تَزُولَاۚ
وَلَئِن
زَالَتَآ
إِنۡ
أَمۡسَكَهُمَا
مِنۡ
أَحَدٖ
مِّنۢ
بَعۡدِهِۦٓۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
كَانَ
حَلِيمًا
غَفُورٗا
٤١
Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ keeps the heavens and the earth from falling apart. If they were to fall apart, none but Him could hold them up. He is truly Most Forbearing, All-Forgiving.
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You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 35:41 to 35:42

In the expression: إِنَّ اللَّـهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ (Undoubtedly, Allah holds back the heavens and the earth - 35:41), the 'holding' of the heavens or the skies does not mean that their movement was stopped. Instead, it means holding them from moving askance - as the word: أَن تَزُولَا (an tazula: from leaving their existing state,) bears it out. Therefore, in this verse, there exists no supporting evidence on either side as to the skies move or they are static.