Penjuru-penjuru Langit | QS 69:17 - Arjaaihaa

A. PENGANTAR
Sangat menarik sekali ketika membaca pernyataan Quran bahwa "langit memiliki penjuru" dalam QS 69:17 "'alaa arjaa-ihaa". Menarik karena jelas langit tidak memiliki penjuru atau ujung atau sudut.

B. DALIL QURAN
QS 69:15-17 (Al-Haqqah - Hari Kiamat, Urutan Turun Quran: 78, Makkiyah)
fayawma-idzin waqa'ati lwaaqi'a wansyaqqati ssamaau fahiya yawma-idzin waahiya walmalaku 'alaa ARJAA-IHAA wayahmilu 'arsya rabbika fawqahum yawma-idzin tsamaaniya
Maka pada hari itu terjadilah hari kiamat, dan terbelahlah langit, karena pada hari itu langit menjadi lemah. Dan malaikat-malaikat berada di PENJURU-PENJURU LANGIT. Dan pada hari itu delapan orang malaikat menjunjung 'Arsy Tuhanmu di atas (kepala) mereka.

C. SOROT KATA (1)
Kata arab arjaiha hanya muncul sekali dalam Quran yaitu dalam QS 69:17, arjāihā its edges, (TEPI).

D. TAFSIR (2)
Jalalayn
and the angels will be [all] over its borders, THE EDGES OF THE HEAVENS, and above them — the angels that have been mentioned — on that day eight, angels or [eight] files of them, will carry the Throne of your Lord.

Ibn ‘Abbâs
(AND THE ANGELS WILL BE ON THE SIDES THEREOF) ON ITS EXTREMITIES, SIDES, DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND PARTS (AND EIGHT) He says: eight different angels, each one of them has four different faces: a human face, a face of an eagle, a face of a lion, and a face of a bull; and it is also said: eight rows; and it is also said: eight parts of the Cherubim, who dwell on the seventh heaven (will uphold the Throne of their Lord that day) the Day of Judgement, (above them) on their necks.

Ibn Kathir
… (And the angels will be on its sides,) The word Malak here is referring to the species of angels (all of them); MEANING THE ANGELS COLLECTIVELY WILL BE STANDING ON THE SIDES OF THE HEAVENS. Ar-Rabi` bin Anas said concerning Allah's statement, (And the angels will be on its sides,) "This means that they will be standing on what has been ground to powder of the heavens looking at the people of the earth.' …

E. PEMBAHASAN
Sangat sulit menyanggah fakta bahwa Quran memang benar-benar menyatakan langit memiliki penjuru karena QS 69:15-17 merujuk pada kisah akhir zaman (kiamat) di mana malaikat-malaikat (Hamalat al-'Arsy) nantinya akan berada di penjuru-penjuru langit (ujung, tepi, edges).

Footnote
(1) http://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=69&verse=17
(2) http://quranx.com/Tafsirs/69.17