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An-Nur 36

Ayah 36 of 64 · Medinan

فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ ٱللَّهُ أَن تُرۡفَعَ وَيُذۡكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسۡمُهُۥ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ فِيهَا بِٱلۡغُدُوِّ وَٱلۡأٓصَالِ ٣٦

[Such niches are] in houses [i.e., mosques] which Allāh has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned [i.e., praised] therein; exalting Him within them in the morning and the evenings1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The term used here can refer to either afternoon or evening.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فِيInfī
  2. بُيُوتٍhousesbuyūtin
  3. أَذِنَ(which) Allah orderedadhina
  4. ٱللَّهُ(which) Allah orderedl-lahu
  5. أَنthatan
  6. تُرۡفَعَthey be raisedtur'faʿa
  7. وَيُذۡكَرَand be mentionedwayudh'kara
  8. فِيهَاin themfīhā
  9. ٱسۡمُهُۥHis nameus'muhu
  10. يُسَبِّحُGlorifyyusabbiḥu
  11. لَهُۥ[to] Himlahu
  12. فِيهَاin themfīhā
  13. بِٱلۡغُدُوِّin the morningsbil-ghuduwi
  14. وَٱلۡأٓصَالِand (in) the eveningswal-āṣāli

Tafsir

This lantern is lit in the mosques which Allah has ordered be kept clean from impurities and dirt, to be elevated, and to have His name remembered therein through the call to prayer, remembrance and prayer. There pray in them, seeking the pleasure of Allah, at the beginning and end of the day

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran