The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Verse 16
81:16 · at-Takwir
The Overthrowing, The Cessation 81:16
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الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
Aljawari alkunnasi
that recede, move, and hide
and that move swiftly and hide themselves;
Moving swiftly and hiding themselves
The planets withdrawing into themselves
And by al-Jawar and al-Qunnas (the planets that run their course and those that orbit near the constellations),
swiftly moving, self-concealing,
the planets that hide
And rise in their course, and then set (disappearing again)
Those (planets) that continue their forward course (along their orbits) and then disappear
the runners, the sinkers
running their course (orbit) and hiding,
that run their courses
Go straight or hide
running, sweeping.
moving swiftly, slinking into their dens
Who move straight and stop
And by the flowing Kunnas [light and fast-moving day particles].
which move swiftly, and which hide themselves
That run their course and hide themselves
orbiting, disappearing
Which move swiftly and hide themselves away
who are in swift motion, (yet are those) who remain hidden from view
by the ones that run, the setting stars
…orbit, and set.
that run their course and hide
that hide
Running their course, (and) setting
those that move swiftly, hiding ,
That retreat and hide,
Which revolve freely, (then) hide (after appearing)
Their orbits swept away
Running in their orbits.
Running in their orbits.
The flowing/orbiting , the orbiting/sweeping planets/stars
the planets that run their course and set
The running "stars", the constant sinkers
The stars which rise and set
stars which are visible during the nigh
that proceed, that withdraw from the scene
As they run their course and hide,
And the stars that rise and set
As they run their course and hide.
The planets which in a retrograde motion do proceed
by the dying stars,
which travel and hide,
As they move along,
and by the stars that rise and set
Precisely running in their orbits
the runners and sweepers,
the runners and sweepers,
The runner, the hiding (All galaxies and comets).
That run their course, (and) set
which move swiftly and hide themselves away,
The stars which rise and set in their orbits
That run their course (and) hide themselves
Rush ahead and then hide
those that move and set
Go straight, or hide
The moving ones that vanish.
Precisely running their courses
"and rise and set,"
Those that run [their courses] and disappear
The runners, the hiders.
Go straight, or hide
Go straight, or hide