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Al-Buruj (The Mansions of the Stars)

Verse 6of 22

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ﴿٦

Translation (Sahih International)

When they were sitting near it

Word-by-word meaning

إِذْidhWhen
هُمْhumthey
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāby it
قُعُودٌۭquʿūdun(were) sitting

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ(In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.The Interpretation of the Word Buruj Allah swears by the heaven and its Buruj.The Buruj are the giant stars, as Allah says,تَبَارَكَ الَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى السَّمَآءِ بُرُوجاً وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَاجاً وَقَمَراً مُّنِيراً(Blessed is He Who has placed in the heaven Buruj, and has placed therein a great lamp (the sun), and a moon giving light.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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