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As-Saffat (Those Who Set The Ranks)

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إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ ثَاقِبٌۭ﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].

Word-by-word meaning

إِلَّاillāExcept
مَنْman(him) who
خَطِفَkhaṭifasnatches
ٱلْخَطْفَةَl-khaṭfata(by) theft
فَأَتْبَعَهُۥfa-atbaʿahubut follows him
شِهَابٌۭshihābuna burning flame
ثَاقِبٌۭthāqibunpiercing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Adornment and Protection of the Heaven comes from AllahAllah tells us that He has adorned the lowest heaven with the heavenly bodies for those among the people of the earth who look at it. The stars and planets in the sky give light to the people of earth, as Allah says:وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَآءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَـبِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَـهَا رُجُوماً لِّلشَّيَـطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ(And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps, and We have made such lamps (as) ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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