What does Quran 86:11 mean?

Quran 86:11 (Surah At-Taariq, Ayah 11) translates to: "By the sky which returns [rain]"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 86:11 from?

This ayah is from Surah At-Taariq (The Morning Star), the 86th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Yes — there are 2 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim.

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

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Creation, Rain, Divine Sustenance, Divine Power, Truthfulness.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

Wassamaaa'i zaatir raj'

By the sky which returns [rain]

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

4 other themes with weak connections

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Signs in creation

86:11Ayah 117

4 ayahs in At-Taariq are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

Scholars largely agree on this ayah

By the heaven of returns of the rain that returns time and again

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