Assalamualaikum...
Twinkle twinkle little stars, the verse that we all grew up singing as children. For astronomers, twinkling stars mean bad seeing and turbulent air. Its mean, astronomer does't happy to see twinkling stars images.
Do yo know, as Muslim astronomer and doing the research in islamic astronomy, we must know that stars also mentioned in our Holy al-Qur'an.
For this post i would like to show you the terminology of stars in the al-Qur'an.
No
|
Terminology of Stars in Holy al-Qur’an
|
Total
|
Surah
and Verses
|
1
|
i-
al-Najm
ii-
al-Nujum
|
4
9
|
al-Nahl
(16): 16,
al-Najm
(53) :1
al-Rahman(55):6
al-Tariq(86):3
al-An`am(6):97,
al-A`raf
(7):54,
al-Nahl
(16):12
al-Hajj(22):18,
al-Saffat(37):88,
al-Thur
(52) :49,
al-Waqi`ah(56)
:75,
al-Mursalat (77):8,
al-Takwir(81):2,
|
2
|
i-
al-Kawkab
ii-
al-Kawakib
|
3
2
|
al-An`am(6):76,
Yusuf:4,
al-Nur:
20,
al-Saffat
(37):6 dan
al-Infitar(82) :2
|
3
|
al-Buruj
|
3
|
al-Hijr(22):16,
al-Furqan(25):61
dan
al-Buruj(85):1
|
4
|
al-Masobih
|
2
|
Fussilat (41):12
al-Mulk(67):
5
|
5
|
al-Khunnas
|
1
|
al-Takwir(81):15
|
6
|
al-Shi’ra
|
1
|
al-Najm
(53): 49
|
7
|
Al-Tariq
|
1
|
Al-Tariq (86):1
|
According to Table shown above, there are al-Najm words or term in the Qur'an of 13 verses. Four verses of the Qur'an that contain words al-Najm in singular and 9 verses that contain the word al-Nujum of plural words. For term al-kawkab/al-Kawakib five verses, three verses that describe the al-buruj (Constellation), two verses of al-Masobih, while term al-Khunnas,al-Shi'ra and al-Tariq each found in only one verse in the Holy al-Qur'an.
Thera are some conclusions that i might to show you:
Firstly, the term Al-najm generally broughts
the meaning of star while the term Al-buruj is more referred
as constellation of stars in the skies. Constellations as it’s mostly known as meant
group of stars that configures a pattern in the sky such as Orion and Leo, or
any areas in the definite celestial sphere that is marked with arbitrary
boundary lines. According to Mufassireen, concluded that there
are four views concerning the term ‘al-buruj’. Firstly, star(s) in a
group means constellations or zodiac.
Second, al-buruj brought the meaning as guard the skies
(al-qusur). Thirdly, al-buruj
brought the meaning of ‘an interesting creation. Fourthly, clusters of stars
Secondly, the term al-Kawkab mentioned in al-Quran to describe as a star
that decorates the skies while the term Al-Khunnas is understood as a star that is
moving and is not stationary. Some of
them added by saying that al-Khunnas is a moving star.
Thirdly, the term Al-Masabih or lamp basically means shining.
Stars are named as lamp because it shines.
Fourthly, There is only one Quranic verse that mentions al-Shi’ra
that is in the verse 49 of Sura al-Najm. According to the astronomy today, al-Shi’ra
means star named Sirius. Astronomy found that Sirius is a binary star. A binary star is a pair of stars that
revolves around each other because of the gravitational force that exists
between them.
Fifthly, the term al-Tariq means Piercing Stars. In modern astronomy nowadays brought to means pulsar stars.
Finally, simple conclusion from this review is verses
from al-Quran show that stars in several terms: al-Najm means stars physically
as celestial’s bodies. Al-Kawkab, al-Kawakib, al-Khunnas, al-Masobih that
referred to the properties of a star itself that is shining and moving because
a star is a celestial body that radiates its own light and heat also moving in
their own motions according to modern astronomy today.
I hope this article may be beneficial to others....
Regards,
Raihana
