سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ
Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 28
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿28﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
[Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "Lord of the east and the west, and all that is between them, if you did but understand!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
رَبُّ
rabbu
Lord
ٱلْمَشْرِقِ
l-mashriqi
(of) the east
وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ
wal-maghribi
and the west
وَمَا
wamā
and whatever
بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ
baynahumā
(is) between them
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
تَعْقِلُونَ
taʿqilūna
(to) reason
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.
28-1. That is, the One who made the East as the East, from which the stars rise, and made the West as the West, in which the stars set. Similarly, whatever is between them, He alone is the Lord of all of it and the One who manages it.
