AT TAKWIR (MENGGULUNG) — Ayat 16

Tafsir

{The sweeping stars} are the five stars: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury. They are called “takhnas” with a damma on the “nun,” meaning they return in their course behind them, while we see the star at the end of the constellation when it returns to its beginning. They are called “taknas” with a kasra on the “nun”: they enter their sweeping stars, meaning they disappear in the places where they disappear.