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Ma'arif al-Qur'an Tafsir: At-Tariq Ayah 11

86:11
والسماء ذات الرجع ١١
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ١١
وَٱلسَّمَآءِﱳ
ذَاتِﱴ
ٱلرَّجۡعِﱵ
١١ﱶ
By the sky with its recurring cycles,
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You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 86:11 to 86:12

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ (I swear by the sky that rains...86:11) The word raj refers to 'the rain that comes down repeatedly'. In other words, the rain that comes down and stops and then returns.