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. — Al An'aam 6:76 Pin
MERCY · AYAHKIND

فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلَّيْلُ رَءَا كَوْكَبًۭا ۖ قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَآ أُحِبُّ ٱلْءَافِلِينَ

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.

Al An'aam 6:76

PICKTHALL ENGLISH MEANING

“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.”

Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.

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