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Surah 85, ayah 1

  1. وَالسَّمَآءِقسم ہے آسمان کی
  2. ذَاتِوالا ہے
  3. الْبُرُوْجِجو برجوں (والا ہے)

Translation and commentary

Tafheem-ul-Quran

قسم ہے مضبُوط قلعوں والے آسمان کی،1

Footnotes (the author's commentary)

  1. اصل الفاظ ہیں ذَاتِ الْبُرُوْج، یعنی بُرجوں والے آسمان کی۔ مفسرین میں سے  بعض نے اس سے مراد قدیم علم ھَہئیت کے مطابق آسمان کے 12 بُرج لیے ہیں۔ اور ابن عباس ، مجاہد ،قتادہ، حسن بصری،ضحاک اور سُدِّی کے نزدیک اس سے مراد آسمان کے عظیم الشان تارے اور ستارے ہیں۔

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Source: Quranic Universal Library (QUL), qul.tarteel.ai, published by Distributed by the Quranic Universal Library (Tarteel). Translator or author: not stated by QUL. Version QUL download as retrieved by the owner on 2026-10-12 (database file dated 2025-05-27); no version number is published (retrieved 2026-10-12). Urdu word-by-word meanings from the Quranic Universal Library (qul.tarteel.ai, translation resource 93); the translator is not named by the source. Not reviewed by a scholar. Redistribution rights are not confirmed.

Meanings are shown as the source gives them, one per word. This is not a translation of the ayah and gives no ruling. Not reviewed by a scholar.

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