AL WAAQI'AH — Ayat 75

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذّبُونَ-

75. Fala! I swear by the Mawaqi` of the stars. 76. And verily that is indeed a great oath, if you but know. 77. That (this) is indeed an honorable recitation. 78. In a Book Maknun. 79. Which none touches but the pure ones. 80. A revelation from the Lord of all that exists. 81. Is it such a talk that you are Mudhinun 82. And you make your provision your denial!   The usage of La (in Fala) is not an extra character without meaning, as some of the scholars of Tafsir say. Rather it is used at the beginning of an oath when the oath is a negation. This is like when `A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her said, ”La by Allah! Allah's Messenger did not touch any woman's hand at all. So in this way, the meaning is, ”No! I swear by the Mawaqi` of the stars. The matter is not as you people claim - about the Qur'an - that it is a result of magic or sorcery, rather it is an Honorable Qur'an.'' Ibn Jarir said, ”Some of the scholars of the Arabic language said that the meaning of: