Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Waaqia, Ayah 75

Al-Waaqia · Ayah 75 · View Ayah

۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ

Then I swear by the setting of the stars,

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(Nay, I swear by the places of the stars) I swear by the revelation of the Qur'an in instalments (nujuman) unto Muhammad (pbuh).

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Nay I swear fa-lā uqsimu lā is extra by the setting-places of the stars!

Related Hadiths

Sunan Abu Dawud#817Sahih

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)

Narrated by ‘Amr b. Huraith said: