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Ar-Rahman 17

Ayah 17 of 78 · Medinan

رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ ١٧

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. رَبُّLordrabbu
  2. ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ(of) the two Eastsl-mashriqayni
  3. وَرَبُّand Lordwarabbu
  4. ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ(of) the two Westsl-maghribayni

Tafsir

Lord of the sun’s two points of rising and its two points of setting in winter and summer.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran