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Al-Jumu'ah (Friday)

Verse 2of 11

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ فِى ٱلْأُمِّيِّۦنَ رَسُولًۭا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ﴿٢

Translation (Sahih International)

It is He who has sent among the unlettered a Messenger from themselves reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and wisdom - although they were before in clear error -

Word-by-word meaning

هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
بَعَثَbaʿathasent
فِىamong
ٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَl-umiyīnathe unlettered
رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
مِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom themselves
يَتْلُوا۟yatlūreciting
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis Verses
وَيُزَكِّيهِمْwayuzakkīhimand purifying them
وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُwayuʿallimuhumuand teaching them
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
وَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand the wisdom
وَإِنwa-inalthough
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُqablubefore
لَفِىlafīsurely in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Virtues of Surat Al-Jumu`ahIbn `Abbas and Abu Hurayrah narrated that Allah's Messenger ﷺ used to recite Surat Al-Jumu`ah and Surat Al-Munafiqin during the Friday Prayer. Muslim collected this Hadith in his Sahih.بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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