The stars
By the stars men are guided through the darknesses of land and sea; God adorned the lower heaven with lamps and a guard against every rebellious devil; and when Abraham saw a star he said 'this is my Lord' — until it set.
In the Qur'an · 15
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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلنُّجُومَ لِتَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهَا فِى ظُلُمَـٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۗ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ
And He it is Who hath set for you the stars that ye may guide your course by them amid the darkness of the land and the sea. We have detailed Our revelations for a people who have knowledge.
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وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
And He hath constrained the night and the day and the sun and the moon to be of service unto you, and the stars are made subservient by His command. Lo! herein indeed are portents for people who have sense.
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وَعَلَـٰمَـٰتٍ ۚ وَبِٱلنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ
And landmarks (too), and by the star they find a way.
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إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ
Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;
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وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ
With security from every froward devil.
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لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ
They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,
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دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ
Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;
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إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ
Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame.
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وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ
And that He it is Who is the Lord of Sirius;
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۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ
Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ
And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -
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وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَـٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَـٰطِينِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ
And verily We have beautified the world's heaven with lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the heaven and the Morning Star
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
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ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
- The piercing Star!