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Surah Al-Mursalât 77:8

Those Sent Forth · Verse 8 of 50

فَإِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

Abdul Mannan Omar

So when the small stars will be made to lose their light,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then when the stars become dim;

Ahmed Ali

When the stars are obliterated,

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Ali Unal

When the stars are effaced,

Daryabadi

So when stars are effaced.

Faridul Haque

So when the lights of the stars are put out.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So when the stars are made to disappear,

Maulvi Sher Ali

So when the stars are made to lose their light,

Muhammad Asad

Thus, [it will come to pass] when the stars are effaced,

Muhammad Musin Khan

Then when the stars lose their lights;

Muhammad Pickthall

So when the stars are put out,

Muhammad Sarwar

Then the stars will lose their light.

Muhammed ali Shakir

So when the stars are made to lose their light,

Rashad Khalifa

Thus, when the stars are put out.

Shabbir Ahmed

So when the stars lose their luster.

Commentary 77:8-10 In these verses, some of the signs of the approaching days are recounted. “When the small stars are made to lose their light” also implies that small…

On 77:8–10

فَإِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ﴿٨﴾ وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ فُرِجَتْ ﴿٩﴾وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

77:8-10 In these verses, some of the signs of the approaching days are recounted. “When the small stars are made to lose their light” also implies that small worthless religious scholars will be deprived of the Heavenly light. “When the heavens shall be opened” may be a reference to some heavenly calamities and perhaps to the discoveries in space. Al-Jibâlالْجِبَالُ literally means mountains. Al-Jibâl الْجِبَالُ also stand for nations (Tâj, Lane). “When the mountains shall be blown down to pieces”وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ refers to the powerful nations and influential people who will be laid low and also to the advancements in science and technology which led to the blowing up of mountains to build means of transport, communication, to tame rivers and to exploit natural resources. It may also refer to a heavenly calamity still waiting.