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Surah as-Saffat (Those Lined Up) 37 : 10

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(37:10:1)
illā
Except
(37:10:2)
(37:10:3)
khaṭifa
snatches
(37:10:4)
l-khaṭfata
(by) theft
(37:10:5)
fa-atbaʿahu
but follows him
(37:10:6)
shihābun
a burning flame
(37:10:7)
thāqibun
piercing

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Explanatory Note

We have no idea how the rebellious devil tries to eavesdrop, how he snatches a fragment, or how he is pursued by the piercing flame. All these are beyond the limits of our human nature and its power of imagination. The only way open to us is to believe what we are told by God and accept it as it is stated. We should remember that our knowledge of the universe is only superficial. What is important to understand here is that those devils who are prevented from eavesdropping on what takes place on high are the ones whom the idolaters alleged to be related to God. Had anything of the sort been true, the whole story would have been totally different. Such alleged relatives would not have suffered the burning fate that pursues them.

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The subject matter shows that this Surah was probably sent down in the middle or last stage of the middle Makkan period. The style highlights the raging antagonism and the difficult and discouraging circumstances faced by the Prophet and his companions.

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