Al-Burūj

8 passages reference this surah

From 5 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.

Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "al-Dawla, And a treacherous one stood over it, on its high harbinger with its rugged side. The sky pulls a mist over it and dresses it in a necklace of its stellar constellations. When lightning travels, it appears through it as a maiden emerges from within the clouds."

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2. "and constellations. They claim it was built when Altair was in the Scorpio constellation, featuring images of animals and others. Many stories circulate about these depictions, which are not heeded."

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Book 39: The Book of Contemplation

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "their numbers, and the diversity of their colors, some inclined towards red, others white, and still others leaden. Consider the shapes of these constellations. Some resemble the scorpion, some the ram, the bull, the lion, the human, and every form on earth has"

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2. "Consider the numerous oaths in the Qur'an by them, such as, By the sky with its towering constellations, By the sky and the night visitor, By the sky full of pathways, By the sky and him who constructed it,"

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Book 9: The Mysteries of Supplication

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "the mountains by their echoes, the fish by their languages, the stars and the sky by their constellations, and the trees by their roots and fruits. Glory be to Him to whom the seven heavens and the seven earths and all within and upon"

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2. "When looking at the sky, say, Our Lord, you have not created this in vain. Glory be to you. Save us from the torment of the fire. Blessed is he who placed constellations in the sky,"

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Book 4: The Book of Prayer

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "During Dhuhr, Asr, and Isha, recite what is similar to the surah, and the sky with its buruj or anything similar. For the Fajr prayer, during travel, recite, Say, O disbelievers, and He is Allah the One."

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The Destroyed Nations & Yunus

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "This refutes Ibn Jarir's preference that they were the people of the trench mentioned in Surat al-Buruj, as those, according to Ibn Ishaq and others, were after the Messiah, peace be upon him."

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