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Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 76 (6:76)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلَّيْلُ رَءَا كَوْكَبًا ۖ قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَآ …

Quran 6:76 is ayah 76 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 137 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:76
فَلَمَّاجَنَّعَلَيْهِٱلَّيْلُرَءَاكَوْكَبًا ۖقَالَهَٰذَارَبِّى ۖفَلَمَّآأَفَلَقَالَلَآأُحِبُّٱلَْٔافِلِينَ٧٦
falammā janna ʿalayhi al-laylu raā kawkaban qāla hādhā rabbī falammā afala qāla lā uḥibbu l-āfilīna

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]."(76)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
  2. جَنَّjannacovered
  3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover him
  4. ٱلَّيْلُal-layluthe night
  5. رَءَاraāhe saw
  6. كَوْكَبًا ۖkawkabana star
  7. قَالَqālaHe said
  8. هَٰذَاhādhāThis
  9. رَبِّى ۖrabbī(is) my Lord
  10. فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
  11. أَفَلَafalait set
  12. قَالَqālahe said
  13. لَآlāNot
  14. أُحِبُّuḥibbu(do) I like
  15. ٱلَْٔافِلِينَl-āfilīnathe ones that set

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