سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 78
أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا ﴿78﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Perform As-Salât (Iqamât-as-Salât) from mid-day till the darkness of the night (i.e. the Zuhr, ‘Asr, Maghrib and ‘Ishâ’ prayers), and recite the Qur’ân in the early dawn (i.e. the morning prayer). Verily, the recitation of the Qur’ân in the early dawn is ever witnessed (attended by the angels in charge of mankind of the day and the night).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَقِمِ
aqimi
Establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
l-ṣalata
the prayer
لِدُلُوكِ
lidulūki
at the decline
ٱلشَّمْسِ
l-shamsi
(of) the sun
إِلَىٰ
ilā
till
غَسَقِ
ghasaqi
(the) darkness
ٱلَّيْلِ
al-layli
(of) the night
وَقُرْءَانَ
waqur'āna
and Quran
ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ
l-fajri
at dawn
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
قُرْءَانَ
qur'āna
the Quran
ٱلْفَجْرِ
l-fajri
(at) the dawn
كَانَ
kāna
is
مَشْهُودًۭا
mashhūdan
ever witnessed
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
78. 1. The meaning of دلوک is decline, and the meaning of غسق is darkness. After the sun declines, the prayers of Zuhr and Asr are meant, and by the darkness of the night, Maghrib and Isha prayers are meant, and by قرآن الفجر, the Fajr prayer is meant. Here, قرآن is in the meaning of prayer. It is expressed as قرآن because the recitation is lengthy in Fajr. In this way, in this verse, there is a general mention of all five obligatory prayers. Their details are found in the ahadith and are also established for the Ummah through practical tawatur. 78. 2. That is, at that time, angels are present; rather, there is a gathering of the angels of the day and the angels of the night, as is mentioned in the hadith (Sahih Bukhari, Tafsir Bani Isra'il). In another hadith, it is stated that when the angels of the night go to Allah, Allah asks them, although He knows best Himself, "In what state did you leave My servants?" The angels say, "We went to them while they were praying, and when we left them, we left them praying as well." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
