سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 96
فَالِقُ ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ ﴿96﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(He is the) Cleaver of the daybreak. He has appointed the night for resting, and the sun and the moon for reckoning. Such is the measuring of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَالِقُ
fāliqu
(He is the) Cleaver
ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ
l-iṣ'bāḥi
(of) the daybreak
وَجَعَلَ
wajaʿala
and He has made
ٱلَّيْلَ
al-layla
the night
سَكَنًۭا
sakanan
(for) rest
وَٱلشَّمْسَ
wal-shamsa
and the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرَ
wal-qamara
and the moon
حُسْبَانًۭا ۚ
ḥus'bānan
(for) reckoning
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
تَقْدِيرُ
taqdīru
(is the) ordaining
ٱلْعَزِيزِ
l-ʿazīzi
(of) the All-Mighty
ٱلْعَلِيمِ
l-ʿalīmi
the All-Knowing
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.
96. 1. He is also the Creator of darkness and light. He brings forth the bright morning from the darkness of night, by which everything becomes illuminated.
96. 2. That is, He turns the night into darkness so that people may leave all activities of light and rest.
96. 3. That is, a fixed calculation is decreed for both, in which there is no change or disturbance; rather, both have their own stages, upon which they continue in heat and cold. On this basis, in winter the days are short and the nights are long, and in summer, conversely, the days are long and the nights are short. The details of this are also mentioned in Surah Yunus: 5, Surah Yaseen: 40, and Surah A'raf: 54.
96. 2. That is, He turns the night into darkness so that people may leave all activities of light and rest.
96. 3. That is, a fixed calculation is decreed for both, in which there is no change or disturbance; rather, both have their own stages, upon which they continue in heat and cold. On this basis, in winter the days are short and the nights are long, and in summer, conversely, the days are long and the nights are short. The details of this are also mentioned in Surah Yunus: 5, Surah Yaseen: 40, and Surah A'raf: 54.
