Surah As-Saffat 37:10 — translation and meaning
الصافات · Verse 10 / 182 · Page 446
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ
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Transliteration
Illaa man khatifal khatfata fa atba'ahoo shihaabun saaqib
Translation
Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Except for those satans who happen to quickly snatch something; a statement that the angels discuss among themselves which the people of earth have not yet received information of. A shooting star then goes after it and burns it. Sometimes, the satan is able to pass that information on to its companion before it is burnt by the shooting star, and it reaches the fortune-tellers, who tell a hundred lies with it.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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