Surah Al-Mulk (الملك) • The Sovereignty

Quran 67:5

67:5

وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَـٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَـٰطِينِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

walaqad zayyannā l-samāa l-dun'yā bimaṣābīḥa wajaʿalnāhā rujūman lilshayāṭīni wa-aʿtadnā lahum ʿadhāba l-saʿīri

And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars] and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.

— Saheeh International

We have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps and made them [missiles] for stoning devils for whom We have also prepared the torment of a blazing fire.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps, and We have made such lamps (as) missiles to drive away the Shayâtîn (devils), and have prepared for them the torment of the blazing Fire.

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

Juz 29Page 562meccan

Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
زَيَّنَّاzayyannāWe have beautified
ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heaven
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yānearest
بِمَصَـٰبِيحَbimaṣābīḥawith lamps
وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَاwajaʿalnāhāand We have made them
رُجُومًۭاrujūman(as) missiles
لِّلشَّيَـٰطِينِۖlilshayāṭīnifor the devils
وَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnāand We have prepared
لَهُمْlahumfor them
عَذَابَʿadhābapunishment
ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīri(of) the Blaze