Surah At-Taariq

Chapter 86 · Verse 14 · Revealed in Makkah

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

And it is not amusement.

Translation: Saheeh International

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Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Reflection — Ibn Kathir

Swearing to the Truthfulness of the Qur'an and the Failure of Those Who oppose it

Ibn `Abbas said, "Ar-raj` means rain." It has also been narrated from him that he said, "It means the clouds that contain rain." He also said,

وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ

Reflection — Maarif ul Quran

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ (this is a decisive word..86:13) In other words, the Qur'an is truly a Decisive Word that decides between truth and falsehood, and there is no room for any doubt in it.

Sayyidna ` Ali ؓ says that he heard the Holy Prophet ﷺ as saying about the Holy Qur'an:

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