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6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 76

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فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ الَّيْلُ رَاٰ كَوْكَباًۚ قَالَ هٰذَا رَبّ۪يۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَفَلَ قَالَ لَٓا اُحِبُّ الْاٰفِل۪ينَ

Falamma janna AAalayhi allaylu raakawkaban qala hatha rabbee falamma afala qalala ohibbu al-afileen

When night covered him he saw a star and said, ‘This is my Lord!’ Then when it set he said, ‘I do not love what sets. ’

  • Progressive Muslims

    When the night covered him, he saw a planet, and he said: "This is my Lord. " But when it disappeared he said: "I do not like those that disappear."

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    (Some of his people were idolaters and others were Nature worshipers. ) One night when it grew dark upon him he saw a star. Abraham exclaimed to them, "This is my Lord!" But when it went down, he said, "I love not the things that go down."

  • Sam Gerrans

    Then when the night covered him, he saw a star. He said: “This is my Lord.” Then when it set he said: “I love not those that set.”

  • The Monotheist Group

    When the night covered him, he saw a planet, and he said: "This is my Lord." But when it disappeared he said: "I do not like those who disappear."

  • Edip-Layth

    When the night covered him, he saw a planet, and he said, "This is my Lord." But when it disappeared he said, "I do not like those that disappear."

  • Aisha Bewley

    When night covered him he saw a star and said, ‘This is my Lord!’ Then when it set he said, ‘I do not love what sets. ’

  • Rashad Khalifa

    When the night fell, he saw a shining planet. "Maybe this is my Lord," he said. When it disappeared, he said, "I do not like (gods) that disappear."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    When the night came with her covering of darkness he saw a star, and (Azar, his father) said: "This is my Lord. " But when the star set, (Abraham) said: "I love not those that wane."

  • Sahih International

    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 disappear."

  • Muhammad Asad

    Then, when the night overshadowed him with its darkness, he beheld a star;. , [and] he exclaimed, "This is my Sustainer!" -but when it went down, he said, "I love not the things that go down."

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    When the night grew dark upon him he beheld a star. He said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not things that set.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    When the night darkened the world around him, he saw, with his inward sight a heavenly body glittering in the vault of heaven. This, said he, "is my Allah." But when it set he said: "I just do not like things that set, and cease to be".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    When Abraham [going through his out of body experience] saw a shining star [while going into the dark part of the earth, ] he said: "This must be the Lord!" When the star disappeared, he said: "I do not like a god that disappears!"

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    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."

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    When the night covered him over, He saw a star: He said: "This is my Lord." But when it set, He said: "I love not those that set."

  • Mustafa Khattab

    When the night grew dark upon him, he saw a star and said, "This is my Lord!" But when it set, he said, “I do not love things that set.”

  • Taqi Usmani

    So, when the night enveloped him, he saw a star. He said, "This is my Lord." But, when it vanished, he said, “I do not like those who vanish.”

  • Abdul Haleem

    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.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    When night outspread over him he saw a star and said, 'This is my Lord. ' But when it set he said, 'I love not the setters.'

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And when the night overshadowed him he saw a star and said, 'This is my Lord;' but when it set he said, 'I love not those that set. '

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And when the night overshadowed him he saw a star and said, "This is my Lord;" but when it set he said, "I love not those that set. "

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    So as soon as the night outspread over him, he saw a planet. He said, "This is my Lord." Then, as soon as it set, (Literally: waned, faded) he said, "I do not love the setting (things)."

  • George Sale

    And when the night darkened upon him, he saw a star. He said, 'Can this be my Lord?' But when it set, he said, I like not those that set.'

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    When the night covered over him, he saw a star, he said: "This is my Lord. " But when it set, he said: "I love not those that set."

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Then (after being convinced of Our unity once on the occasion of a debate on the topic) when the night darkened over him, he saw a planet. He said (on seeing it to the idol-worshippers), `Is this my Lord (as you assert)?' But when it set he said, `I do not love the setting ones (to accept as my God).'

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    When night darkened over him, he saw a star and said, ‘This is my Lord!’ But when it set, he said, ‘I do not like those who set. ’