Qur'an
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
So I swear by the retreating stars
At-Takwir · 81:15
In context
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ
81:12And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ
81:13And when Paradise is brought near
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ
81:14A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
81:15So I swear by the retreating stars
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ
81:16Those that run [their courses] and disappear
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ
81:17And by the night as it closes in
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
81:18And by the dawn when it breathes