What does Quran 37:6 mean?

Quran 37:6 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Ayah 6) translates to: "Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 37:6 from?

This ayah is from Surah As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks), the 37th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 23.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 37:6?

Yes — there are 2 hadiths related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sahih al-Bukhari.

What tafsir is available for Quran 37:6?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

Ayah 5

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا...

37:6As-Saaffaat

Q: What topics does Quran 37:6 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Creation, Divine Protection, Divine Power, Spiritual Reflection, Stars & Celestial Bodies.

Ayah 7

وَحِفْظًۭا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ مَّارِدٍۢ...

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

Innaa zaiyannas samaaa 'ad dunyaa bizeenatinil kawaakib

Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars

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37:6Ayah 1182

2 ayahs in As-Saaffaat are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

← Previous on Signs in creation37:5Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and Lord of the sunrises.

Tafsir

Scholars largely agree on this ayah

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We have indeed adorned the lowest heaven with an adornment the stars that is to say adorned with their light or with them the stars the genitive annexation bi-zīnati’l-kawākib is for explication; similarly explicative is the reading of bi-zīnatin ‘with an adornment’ with nunation the adornment explained as being ‘the stars’;

"We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), while he was sitting with a group of his Companions, when they saw a glowing shooting star. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'When you saw the likes of this during Jahiliyyah, what would you say about it?' They said: 'We would say that a great man died, or that a great man has been born.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'It is not shot due to the death of anyone, nor his coming into life. Rather when our Lord decrees a matter, He is glorified by the bearers of the Throne. Then He is glorified by the inhabitants who are below them, then those below them, until such glorification reaches this Heaven. Then the inhabitants of the sixth Heaven ask the inhabitants of the seventh Heaven: "What did your Lord say?" He said: 'So they inform them; then the inhabitants of each Heaven seek the information, until the news is conveyed to the inhabitants of the Heavens of the earth. The Shayatin try to overhear so they are shot at, so they cast it down to their friends. Whatever they came with is true, as it is, but they distort it and add to it.'"

Sahih al-Bukhari #6317Abu Sa`id added:Sahih

"As you see a glittering star remaining in the eastern horizon and the western horizon."