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Al-Inshiqaq (The Splitting Open)

Verse 21of 25

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩﴿٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قُرِئَquri-ais recited
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuto them
ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran
لَاnot
يَسْجُدُونَ ۩yasjudūnathey prostrate

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Swearing by the Various Stages of Man's JourneyIt has been reported from `Ali, Ibn `Abbas, `Ubadah bin As-Samit, Abu Hurayrah, Shaddad bin Aws, Ibn `Umar, Muhammad bin `Ali bin Al-Husayn, Makhul, Bakr bin `Abdullah Al-Muzani, Bukayr bin Al-Ashaj, Malik, Ibn Abi Dhi'b, and `Abdul-`Aziz bin Abi Salamah Al-Majishun, they all said, "Ash-Shafaq is the redness (in the sky).`Abdur-Razzaq recorded from Abu Hurayrah that he said, "Ash-Shafaq is the whiteness.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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