سُوْرَةُ الْمَعَارِجِ

Surah Al-Ma'aarij (70) — Ayah 40

The Ascending Stairways · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 570

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ ﴿40﴾
So I swear by the Lord of all the [three hundred and sixty-five (365)] points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west that surely We are Able
فَلَآ falā But nay
أُقْسِمُ uq'simu I swear
بِرَبِّ birabbi by (the) Lord
ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ l-mashāriqi (of) the risings
وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ wal-maghāribi and the settings
إِنَّا innā that We
لَقَـٰدِرُونَ laqādirūna (are) surely Able

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.

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