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Surah As-Saffat, Verse 6

سورة الصافات، الآية ٦

37:6 Juz 23 Hizb 45 Page 446 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 37:6

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ ۝٦

Transliteration

innā zayyannā l-samāa l-dun'yā bizīnatin l-kawākibi

Translation

Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars

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Verse 6 of Surah As-Saffat (37:6), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 446 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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Tafsir of verse 6

Al-Mukhtasar

Indeed, I have beautified the nearest of the heavens to the earth with a beautiful decoration: the stars that are like sparkling jewels to the eyesight.

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Other translations of verse 6

We have adorned the sky with the beauty of the stars,

Verily We have adorned the near heaven with the stars (for beauty).2

Notes

[2] (V.37:6) See the footnote of (V.6:97).

Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;

We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) the stars,-

Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment, the stars,

Surely We have adorned the lowest heaven with an adornment, the planets,

Verse 6 word by word

  1. إِنَّا innā Indeed, We
  2. زَيَّنَّا zayyannā [We] adorned ز ي ن
  3. ٱلسَّمَآءَ l-samāa the sky س م و
  4. ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā [the world] د ن و
  5. بِزِينَةٍ bizīnatin with an adornment ز ي ن
  6. ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ l-kawākibi (of) the stars ك و ك ب

Verses related to verse 6

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Mulk 67:5

    وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَٰهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars] and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.

  • Al-Ma’arij 70:40

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

  • Ar-Rahman 55:17

    رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

    [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.

  • Al-Hijr 15:16–18

    وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ …

    And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers. …

  • Saba 34:23

    وَلَا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُۥ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

    And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [And those wait] until, when terror is removed from their hearts, they will say [to one another], "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand.

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