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Qur’an 84:16 Al-Inshiqaq, verse 16

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

So I swear by the twilight glow

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

Surah
Al-Inshiqaq (84)
Verse
16 of 25
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
589

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
فَلَآfalāBut nay
أُقْسِمُuq'simuI swearق س م
بِٱلشَّفَقِbil-shafaqiby the twilight glowش ف ق

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 84:16 in Al-Inshiqaq.

  • 84:14إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَIndeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
  • 84:15بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭاBut yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
  • 84:17وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَAnd [by] the night and what it envelops
  • 84:18وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَAnd [by] the moon when it becomes full

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