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Surah al-Waqi`ah (The Occurrence) 56 : 76

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(56:76:1)
(56:76:2)
laqasamun
(is) surely an oath
(56:76:3)
(56:76:4)
taʿlamūna
you know
(56:76:5)
ʿaẓīmun
great

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Explanatory Note

"I do swear by the positions of the stars - a mighty oath, if you but knew it!" (Verses 75-76) These verses make an oath which is correctly rendered in the translation here. However, the surah employs a special mode of expression, often used in the Qur'an which would say, if literally translated, "I do not swear by..." This stylistic feature mentions an oath, then appears to turn away from it. It is as if God is saying:

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According to the chronological order that Abdullah bin Abbas has given of the Surahs, first Surah 20: Ta Ha was sent down, then Surah 56: al-Waqi’ah (The Occurrence) and then Surah 26: ash-Shu’ara’ (The Poets).

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