سورة الواقعة، الآية ٧٥
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ٧٥
falā uq'simu bimawāqiʿi l-nujūmi
Then I swear by the setting of the stars,1618
[1618] Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) confirms absolutely by oath.
Verse 75 of Surah Al-Waqi’ah (56:75), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 536 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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Allah takes an oath on the positions of the stars and their orbits.
I do swear10 by the positions of the stars –
[10] The negative article "la" (nay) means: The truth is not what is said or thought by disbelievers or others. The oath refutes certain objections of the disbelievers with regard to the Qur’an.
So I swear by the setting of the stars.3
[3] (V.56:75) In Arabic Mawâqi‘i An-Nujûm: This word has many interpretations: it may mean the setting or the rising or the mansions of the stars, or the Qur’ân and its gradual revelation in stages. Please see Tafsir At-Tabari for detail..
Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -
Furthermore I call to witness the setting of the Stars,-
But nay! I swear by the falling of stars;
Then no! I swear by the sites of the stars-
أَصْبَحَ مِنَ النَّاسِ شَاكِرٌ وَمِنْهُمْ كَافِرٌ قَالُوا هَذِهِ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَقَدْ صَدَقَ نَوْءُ كَذَا وَكَذَا
