Cosmology in medieval Islam

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Islamic cosmology is the cosmology of Islamic societies.^[1] It is mainly derived from the Qur'an, Hadith, Sunnah, and current Islamic as well as other pre-Islamic sources. The Qur'an itself mentions seven heavens.^[2][3][4]