Text of verse 81:16
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ١٦
Transliteration
al-jawāri l-kunasi
Translation
Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]
Translation in another language
Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah At-Takwir, Verse 16
سورة التكوير، الآية ١٦
Verse 16 of Surah At-Takwir (81:16), 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 16
Al-Mukhtasar
That run in their orbits and disappear when dawn rises, like a gazelle that goes into its den i.e. its home.
Other translations of verse 16
that rise and hide6,
Notes
[6] This probably refers to black holes in the sky. "Kanasa" means sweeping or hiding.
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
The stars which rise and set,
Go straight, or hide;
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
The running "stars", the constant sinkers,
Verse 16 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} .