In this rather silly contradiction in the Quran there seems to be a lot of confusion about what came first, the earth or the heavens.
In the second and forty-first books of the Quran it’s explicitly claimed that Allah created the earth before he created the heavens. But later in the seventy-ninth book the entire process is reversed, and heaven is created before he created the earth.
A retort I might hear is that Allah created seven heavens in total, meaning he didn’t have to create them all prior to creating the earth. He could’ve created a few heavens first, then the earth, and then the rest of the heavens. This apology would be false (according to the Quran). The contradiction is complete by reading the first two links; in them Allah created the “seven heavens” (no fewer than seven) after creating the earth.
Ok, maybe there are eight heavens then. We’ll just add an additional secret heaven to the list to make the contradiction disappear.
The Atheist Papers 
Are you even serious?
Naziaat 79: “Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.”
How could you understand “heaven created before earth” in this?
You can’t find fault in the Quran.
Not if you’re a Muslim … you wouldn’t dare~!
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Neither of these verses say earth was created first, God finishes creating the earth to pay pay attention to the heaven THAT WAS ALREADY THERE, and makes it into seven heavens
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ,
In Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 29,
“It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.”
God states that he directed himself to THE heaven, which was already there, and made it 7 heavens, after creating the earth.
In surah An-Nazi’at, verses 27 to 30,
“Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it. He raised its ceiling and proportioned it. And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness. And after that He spread the earth.”
God states that he created ONE heaven, not seven heavens (which were themselves divided and made from this one heaven) then created the Earth.
So, what we conclude from the Ayat mentioned is that THE heaven was made before the Earth.
See brother, no contradiction in here, I hope this helps.
ﺻﺪﻕ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﻌﻈﻴﻢ
The arabic word used for “sky” is “السَّماءُ” , that is what is used in the Quran. Why do you guys say “Heaven” instead of “Sky” all the time?? When it’s clearly “Assama”. So basically Allah said, Allah created 7 skies before earth. Then, he said, he created earth before 7 skies