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Ash-Shams (The Sun)

Verse 5of 15

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلسَّمَآءِwal-samāiAnd the heaven
وَمَاwamāand (He) Who
بَنَىٰهَاbanāhāconstructed it

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahRecitation of Surah Ash-Shams wa Duhaha in the `Isha' Prayer The Hadith of Jabir which was recorded in the Two Sahihs has already been mentioned. In it the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Mu`adh,«هَلَّا صَلَّيْتَ بِــسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَىوَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَـهَاوَالَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى »(Why didn't you pray with (the recitation of) (Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High) (87), (By the sun and Duhaha) (91), and (By the night as it envelops) (92))بِسْمِ اللَّ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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