The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Verse 15
81:15 · at-Takwir
The Overthrowing, The Cessation 81:15
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فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
I swear by the planet
So surely, I swear by the planets that recede;
I swear by the receding stars
So, I call the receding stars to witness
I swear by ‘al-Hunnas’ (the stars that are not observable during the day due to sunlight),
No! I swear by the planets with their retrograde motion,
So I swear by the stars that return
Oh, I swear by the stars which recede (disappearing in the sun’s light)
Nay, I call to witness those (planets) that recede while advancing in one direction
No! I swear by the slinkers
So, I swear by the disappearing (and reappearing stars/planets),
I (God) swear by the stars
So indeed I call to witness the planets that recede
So, no! I swear by those (stars) receding,
I need not swear by the stars that slink back
So by oath of those that revolve. (The planets.
So I do swear by the Khunnas [heavy and slow-moving night particles].
Verily I swear by the stars which are retrograde
But nay! I swear by (or call to witness) the Planets
Rather, I swear by the returnin
It needs not that I swear by the stars of retrograde motion
Then, nay! I bring to witness (the heavenly bodies) that disappear and hide themselves (during the day)
So no! I swear an oath by the stars that recede,
Truly, I [the Lord] attest by the planets that recede,…
But no! I swear by the retreating stars
No indeed; I swear by the alternating star
Nay, I call to witness the stars
So I do swear by those that withdraw,
No! [The misgivings of the people that do not believe in these revelations are not correct, and] I swear by the star
So I swear by (the heavenly spheres) which recede (after appearing)
So, I swear by the receding stars
So I do swear by the planets that move away.
So I do swear by the collapsing stars.
So I do not swear/make oath by the planets
BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars
Then no! swear by the constant sinkers
Oh, but I call to witness the planets
I do not need to swear by the orbitin
So, I swear by those (stars) that recede
Nay! I swear by the planets
No, (I swear) by the planets
No indeed! I swear by the planets
I swear by the heavenly bodies that recede
So, I swear by the shining stars,
I do swear by the receding stars
But I swear by the persisting stars,
I swear by the turning planets
I solemnly swear by the galaxies
I swear by the planets,
I swear by the contracting planets,
So, no, I swear by the retreaters (Planets and stars).
No, I swear by the orbiting planets
I swear by the turning stars,
Oh, but I call to witness the revolving planets
But nay! I swear by the stars
Nay ! I call to witness those that recede while advancing
So I swear by those receding
So truly I call to witness the receding stars that hide awa
So, I swear by the receding stars.
I swear by the galaxies
"So, I call to witness the planets that recede,"
So I swear by the retreating stars
And I swear by the retreaters,
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede