Waanna kunna naqAAudu minha maqaAAida lilssamAAi faman yastamiAAi alana yajid lahu shihaban rasadan
English
Ahmed Ali
We sat in observatories to listen; but any one who listened found a shooting star in wait for him.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and we used to sit on places (high) therein) in heaven (to listen) before the advent of muhammad (pbuh). (but he who listened now) after the advent of muhammad (pbuh) (findeth a flame) a shining star (in wait for him) from the angels in order to prevent them from listening;
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and we used to, that is to say, before his mission, sit in [certain] places therein to listen in; but anyone listening now will find a meteor lying in wait for him, aimed at him, ready to strike him.
