وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣
And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., the eastern horizon, where the sun rises. See footnote to 53:6.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
- رَءَاهُhe saw himraāhu
- بِٱلۡأُفُقِin the horizonbil-ufuqi
- ٱلۡمُبِينِthe clearl-mubīni
Tafsir
Your companion had seen Gabriel in the form that he was created in the clear horizon of the sky.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran