إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ ثَاقِبٞ ١٠
Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِلَّاExceptillā
- مَنۡ(him) whoman
- خَطِفَsnatcheskhaṭifa
- ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ(by) theftl-khaṭfata
- فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥbut follows himfa-atbaʿahu
- شِهَابٞa burning flameshihābun
- ثَاقِبٞpiercingthāqibun
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.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran