These were neither the distant parts of the physical universe nor the spiritual place where God and his angelic sons dwell. “ The heavens ” to which Elijah ascended were the atmospheric heavens.
لم تُشِر « السماء » التي صعد اليها ايليا الى مكان بعيد في الكون المادي ولا الى مكان سكنى روحي لله وأبنائه الملائكيين .‏