Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:76

6:76

فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلَّيْلُ رَءَا كَوْكَبًا ۖ قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَبِّى ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَآ أُحِبُّ ٱلْـَٔافِلِينَ

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]."

— Saheeh International

When the night grew dark over him he saw a star and said, ‘This is my Lord,’ but when it set, he said, ‘I do not like things that set.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When the night covered him over with darkness he saw a star. He said: "This is my lord." But when it set, he said: "I like not those that set."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 7Page 137meccan

Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
جَنَّjannacovered
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover him
ٱلَّيْلُal-layluthe night
رَءَاraāhe saw
كَوْكَبًۭاۖkawkabana star
قَالَqālaHe said
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
رَبِّىۖrabbī(is) my Lord
فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
أَفَلَafalait set
قَالَqālahe said
لَآlāNot
أُحِبُّuḥibbu(do) I like
ٱلْـَٔافِلِينَl-āfilīnathe ones that set