سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ

Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 218

The Poets · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 376

ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ﴿218﴾
Who sees you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) when you stand up (alone at night for Tahajjud prayers).
ٱلَّذِى alladhī The One Who
يَرَىٰكَ yarāka sees you
حِينَ ḥīna when
تَقُومُ taqūmu you stand up

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(Ayah 218 to 220) ➊ {الَّذِيْ يَرٰىكَ حِيْنَ تَقُوْمُ …:} That is, put your trust in this Almighty and Merciful One who is watching you at all times, even when you stand up—whether you stand in the night for prayer, or for fulfilling the duty of invitation and jihad, or for any other task—and He is also watching your moving about among your companions, whose special characteristic is that they are among those who prostrate. He said: «{ تَرٰىهُمْ رُكَّعًا سُجَّدًا يَّبْتَغُوْنَ فَضْلًا مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَ رِضْوَانًا سِيْمَاهُمْ فِيْ وُجُوْهِهِمْ مِّنْ اَثَرِ السُّجُوْدِ [ الفتح : ۲۹ ] "You will see them bowing and prostrating, seeking bounty from their Lord and (His) pleasure; their mark is on their faces." When you are changing your posture in congregational prayer with them, sometimes in prostration with them, sometimes in bowing, sometimes standing, and when you are moving about with these who prostrate in the work of invitation or jihad, then your Lord is watching you at all times, and in this standing and moving about, whatever you say, He hears it, and whatever you do, He knows it, because He alone is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing. Therefore, put your trust in Him from whose sight you are not hidden for even a moment; He will never leave you without support.

➋ In these verses, there is also an indication that whoever attentively observes the day and night activities of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions can never say that these people could have any connection with Satan.

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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218. Who sees you when you stand [130] ,

[130] That is, when you rise at night for prayer, or when you are in the standing position in any prayer, or when you stand up to fulfill the duty of conveying the message of Prophethood.