Text of verse 81:15
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ١٥
Transliteration
falā uq'simu bil-khunasi
Translation
So I swear by the retreating stars -
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah At-Takwir, Verse 15
سورة التكوير، الآية ١٥
Verse 15 of Surah At-Takwir (81:15), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 586 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 15
Al-Mukhtasar
Allah took an oath by the stars that are hidden until they emerge at night.
Other translations of verse 15
I swear by the receding stars,
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
But nay! I swear by the stars,
Then no! swear by the constant sinkers,
Verse 15 word by word
Hadiths that cite this verse
Authentic
Sahih Muslim 475
I said the dawn prayer behind the Apostle of (ﷺ) and heard him reciting: 'Nay. I call to witness the stars, running their courses and setting" (al-Qur'an, lxxxi. 15-16) and Done of us bent his back till he completed prostration.
يَقْرَأُ { فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ * الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ} وَكَانَ لاَ يَحْنِي رَجُلٌ مِنَّا ظَهْرَهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَتِمَّ سَاجِدًا .
Authentic
Sunan Abu Dawud 817
As if I am hearing the voice of the prophet (may peace by upon him) who would recite at the morning prayer “Oh, but I call to witness the planets, the stars which rise and set”(surah 81:15-16)
يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلاَةِ الْغَدَاةِ { فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ * الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ } .
Differing grades
Sunan Ibn Majah 817
“I performed prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was reciting in the Fajr, and it is as if I can hear him reciting: ‘So verily, I swear by the planets that recede. And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.’”[81:15-16]
يَقْرَأُ فِي الْفَجْرِ فَكَأَنِّي أَسْمَعُ قِرَاءَتَهُ {فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ} .
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Verses related to verse 15
Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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An-Najm 53:5–10
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ …
Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] - …
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Al-Layl 92:1–2
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ …
By the night when it covers …
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Ad-Duhaa 93:1–2
وَٱلضُّحَىٰ …
By the morning brightness …
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Al-An’am 6:96
فَالِقُ ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ
[He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
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An-Najm 53:13–16
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ …
And he certainly saw him in another descent …
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Ash-Shu’ara 26:210–212
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ …
And the devils have not brought it [i.e., the revelation] down. …