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Al-Isra 78

Ayah 78 of 111 · Meccan

أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمۡسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَقُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡفَجۡرِۖ إِنَّ قُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡفَجۡرِ كَانَ مَشۡهُودٗا ٧٨

Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night1 and [also] the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] of dawn.2 Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., the period which includes the ẓuhr, aṣr, maghrib, and ʿishā’ prayers.

2 i.e., the fajr prayer, in which the recitation of the Qur’ān is prolonged.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَقِمِEstablishaqimi
  2. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَthe prayerl-ṣalata
  3. لِدُلُوكِat the declinelidulūki
  4. ٱلشَّمۡسِ(of) the sunl-shamsi
  5. إِلَىٰtillilā
  6. غَسَقِ(the) darknessghasaqi
  7. ٱلَّيۡلِ(of) the nightal-layli
  8. وَقُرۡءَانَand Quranwaqur'āna
  9. ٱلۡفَجۡرِۖat dawnl-fajri
  10. إِنَّindeedinna
  11. قُرۡءَانَthe Quranqur'āna
  12. ٱلۡفَجۡرِ(at) the dawnl-fajri
  13. كَانَiskāna
  14. مَشۡهُودٗاever witnessedmashhūdan

Tafsir

Establish the prayer by performing it in the most complete manner in its times, which are the declining of the sun from the middle of the sky - and this includes the zuhr and ‘asr prayers - until the darkness of night - and this includes the maghrib and ‘isha prayers. And establish the fajr prayer and lengthen the recitation therein, as the fajr prayer is attended by the angels of night and the angels of day.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran