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Qur’an 81:16 At-Takwir, verse 16

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

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

Surah: At-Takwir (81)
Verse: 16 of 29
Revealed: Makki
Juz: 30
Mushaf page: 586

Word by word

Arabic	Transliteration	Meaning	Root
ٱلْجَوَارِ	al-jawāri	Those that run	ج ر ي
ٱلْكُنَّسِ	l-kunasi	(and) disappear	ك 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 81:16 in At-Takwir.

81:14عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْA soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
81:15فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِSo I swear by the retreating stars -
81:17وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَAnd by the night as it closes in
81:18وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَAnd by the dawn when it breathes

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