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Qur’an 81:15 At-Takwir, verse 15

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars -

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
At-Takwir (81)
Verse
15 of 29
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
586

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
فَلَآfalāBut nay
أُقْسِمُuq'simuI swearق س م
بِٱلْخُنَّسِbil-khunasiby the retreating planetsخ ن س

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 81:15 in At-Takwir.

  • 81:13وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْAnd when Paradise is brought near,
  • 81:14عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْA soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
  • 81:16ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِThose that run [their courses] and disappear -
  • 81:17وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَAnd by the night as it closes in

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