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Surah At-Tariq, Verse 11

سورة الطارق، الآية ١١

86:11 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 591 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 86:11

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ۝١١

Transliteration

wal-samāi dhāti l-rajʿi

Translation

By the sky which sends back¹⁹⁰³

Notes

[1903] Rain, heat, sound waves, etc.

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Verse 11 of Surah At-Tariq (86:11), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 591 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 11

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah took an oath by the sky that contains rain, because it comes down from its direction time after time.

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Other translations of verse 11

By the sky and its recurring rain⁴,

Notes

[4] And sun, moon, stars, clouds, heat, etc.

By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again and again.

By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

By the Firmament which returns (in its round),

I swear by the raingiving heavens,

By the heaven comprising the returning (rain) (Or: the rotating rain),

Verse 11 word by word

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ wal-samāi By the sky س م و
ذَاتِ dhāti which
ٱلرَّجْعِ l-rajʿi returns ر ج ع

Verses related to verse 11

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

Luqman 31:24
نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

We grant them enjoyment for a little; then We will force them to a massive punishment.

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