Surah 085 · Makkah

Al-Burūj

البروج

"The Constellations"

The tyrants who burned believers in trenches — and the God who remembers.

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15 passages reference this surah

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Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

"and the interpretation of the verse, By the sky with its constellations, from Surah al-Buruj. All praise is due to Allah. The mention of the departure of kingship from Himyar in Yemen,"

Source in Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia →
"is from Surah al-Buruj. We have discussed this extensively in the interpretation of this Surah, and all praise is due to Allah. Muhammad Ibn Ishaq claimed that these events occurred after the mission of the Messiah, while others disagreed"

Source in Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia →
"within them and burning them, as mentioned in Sura al-Buruj. The religion of Christianity grew significantly due to King Constantine, and he corrupted it beyond repair, leading to a state of failure and misguidance among them."

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Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

"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."

Source in Volume One →
"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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Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

"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 a likeness in the sky. Then consider the march of the sun in its orbit over the span of a year, as it rises and sets daily."

Source in The Book of Contemplation →
"for there is scarcely a chapter that does not aggrandize them in some place. 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,"

Source in The Book of Contemplation →

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

"Blessed is He who placed constellations in the sky, and has placed therein a radiant lamp and a luminous moon." When you hear the sound of thunder, say: "Glory be to Him whom the thunder glorifies with His praise, and the angels out of fear of Him.""

Source in Invocations & Supplications →
"the fish by their languages, the stars in 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 them glorify."

Source in Invocations & Supplications →

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

"In the Fajr prayer, recite from the lengthy preferred surahs, and in the Maghrib prayer from the shorter ones. During Dhuhr, Asr, and Isha, recite what is similar to the surah "And the Sky with its Buruj or anything similar.""

Source in The Book of Prayer →

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

"This refutes the view preferred by Ibn Jarir, that they were the People of the Trench mentioned in the chapter of al-Buruj, for those, according to Ibn Ishaq and a number of scholars, came after the Messiah,"

Source in The Story of Yunus & the Destroyed → Play in preview

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

"and that Allah has encompassed all things in knowledge. He has also said, Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great constellations, and placed within it a radiant lamp and a luminous moon."

Source in From Creation to Mūsā →
"so my threat was justly fulfilled. These verses indicate that they were destroyed and supplanted. This refutes the view that they are the companions of the trench mentioned in Surah Al-Buruj"

Source in From Creation to Mūsā →
"stars, as He said, by the sky containing great constellations, meaning the stars, and it has been said the positions of the sentinels from which meteors are hurled at the listening"

Source in From Creation to Mūsā →

Imam al-Ghazali · The Beginning of Guidance

"In fajr, after al-Fatiha, recite lengthy surahs from al-Mufassal. In maghrib, choose shorter ones. In dhuhr, asr, and isha, select moderate ones, like, By the Sky of Constellations, or,"

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