Quran 6:76 — Al-An'aam, verse 76
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When the night grew dark over him he saw a star and said, ‘This is my Lord,’ but when it set, he said, ‘I do not like things that set.’
فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ رَأَىٰ كَوْكَبًا ۖ قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَبِّي ۖ فَلَمَّا أَفَلَ قَالَ لَا أُحِبُّ الْآفِلِينَ
falammā janna ʿalayhi al-laylu raā kawkaban qāla hādhā rabbī falammā afala qāla lā uḥibbu l-āfilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When night outspread over him he saw a star and said, 'This is my Lord.' But when it set he said, 'I love not the setters.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Then, when the night overshadowed him with its darkness, he beheld a star;., [and] he exclaimed, "This is my Sustainer!" -but when it went down, he said, "I love not the things that go down."
- 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 set [i.e., disappear]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | So when | — |
| 2 | جَنَّjanna | covered | جنن |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | over him | — |
| 4 | ٱلَّيْلُal-laylu | the night | ليل |
| 5 | رَءَاraā | he saw | رأي |
| 6 | كَوْكَبًۭا ۖkawkaban | a star | كوكب |
| 7 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 8 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 9 | رَبِّى ۖrabbī | (is) my Lord | ربب |
| 10 | فَلَمَّآfalammā | But when | — |
| 11 | أَفَلَafala | it set | أفل |
| 12 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 13 | لَآlā | Not | — |
| 14 | أُحِبُّuḥibbu | (do) I like | حبب |
| 15 | ٱلْـَٔافِلِينَl-āfilīna | the ones that set | أفل |