فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas
So I swear by the retreating stars -
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Signs in creation
81:15Ayah 129
3 ayahs in At-Takwir are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.
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So I swear fa-lā lā is extra by the receding planets
Related Hadiths
“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.’”
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)
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