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Al-Isra 79

Ayah 79 of 111 · Meccan

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَتَهَجَّدۡ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةٗ لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبۡعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامٗا مَّحۡمُودٗا ٧٩

And from [part of] the night, pray1 with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān] as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that2 your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station.3

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Literally, "arise from sleep for prayer."

2 This is a promise from Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) to Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

3 The position of intercession by permission of Allāh and the highest degree in Paradise.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنَAnd fromwamina
  2. ٱلَّيۡلِthe nightal-layli
  3. فَتَهَجَّدۡarise from sleep for prayerfatahajjad
  4. بِهِۦwith itbihi
  5. نَافِلَةٗ(as) additionalnāfilatan
  6. لَّكَfor youlaka
  7. عَسَىٰٓit may beʿasā
  8. أَنthatan
  9. يَبۡعَثَكَwill raise youyabʿathaka
  10. رَبُّكَyour Lordrabbuka
  11. مَقَامٗا(to) a stationmaqāman
  12. مَّحۡمُودٗاpraiseworthymaḥmūdan

Tafsir

And in part of the night, O Messenger, stand and pray, so that your prayer increases your rank, and seeking for your Lord to raise you to the praised station on the Day of Judgment, as an intercessor for the people from the horrors of the Day of Judgment, and so that you attain the position of the great intercession, for which the first and last will praise you.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran