سُوْرَةُ الْفَجْرِ

Surah Al-Fajr (89) — Ayah 2

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وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ﴿2﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah),

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

وَلَيَالٍ walayālin And the nights
عَشْرٍۢ ʿashrin ten

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(Ayah 2) {وَ لَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ:} Many commentators have interpreted {’’ وَ لَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ‘‘} as referring to the first ten nights of Dhul-Hijjah. The Arabs greatly revered the days of Hajj, and the gathering of people from all directions in Makkah during these days reminds one of the gathering on the Day of Resurrection. However, since the words are general, it is better to keep the meaning general as well. Every ten nights of the lunar month indicate a new revolution: in the first ten, the moon increases, in the last ten, it decreases, and the middle ten, despite encompassing both rise and fall, are almost fully illuminated. This revolution is evidence for the establishment of the Resurrection.

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2. 1. According to most commentators, this refers to the first ten nights of Dhu al-Hijjah. Their virtue is established from hadith; the Prophet ﷺ said: The righteous deeds performed during the ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah are most beloved to Allah, even more than jihad in the way of Allah, except for that jihad in which a person is martyred. (al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Eidayn, Bab Fadl al-Amal fi Ayyam al-Tashreeq)

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And by the ten nights [2].

[2] Some commentators have taken the ten nights to mean the last ten nights of Ramadan, in which is Laylat al-Qadr, and some commentators have taken the "fajr" not as the general dawn, but as the dawn of the Day of Sacrifice or Eid al-Adha, and the ten nights to mean the nights from the 1st to the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah. Both sets of ten nights are highly virtuous and important in their own respective ways.
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