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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 76of 165

فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلَّيْلُ رَءَا كَوْكَبًۭا ۖ قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَآ أُحِبُّ ٱلْءَافِلِينَ﴿٧٦

Translation (Sahih International)

So when the night covered him [with darkness], he saw a star. He said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "I like not those that disappear."

Word-by-word meaning

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
جَنَّjannacovered
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover him
ٱلَّيْلُal-layluthe night
رَءَاraāhe saw
كَوْكَبًۭا ۖkawkabana star
قَالَqālaHe said
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
رَبِّى ۖrabbī(is) my Lord
فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
أَفَلَafalait set
قَالَqālahe said
لَآNot
أُحِبُّuḥibbu(do) I like
ٱلْـَٔافِلِينَl-āfilīnathe ones that set

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Ibrahim Advises his FatherIbrahim advised, discouraged and forbade his father from worshipping idols, just as Allah stated, وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَهِيمُ لاًّبِيهِ ءَازَرَ أَتَتَّخِذُ أَصْنَاماً ءَالِهَةً(And (remember) when Ibrahim said to his father Azar: "Do you take idols as gods") meaning, do you worship an idol instead of Allah إِنِّى أَرَاكَ وَقَوْمَكَ(Verily, I see you and your people...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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