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Qaf (The Letter Qaf)

Verse 39of 45

فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ﴿٣٩

Translation (Sahih International)

So be patient, [O Muhammad], over what they say and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting,

Word-by-word meaning

فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patient
عَلَىٰʿalāover
مَاwhat
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
وَسَبِّحْwasabbiḥand glorify
بِحَمْدِbiḥamdi(the) praise
رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
قَبْلَqablabefore
طُلُوعِṭulūʿi(the) rising
ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
وَقَبْلَwaqablaand before
ٱلْغُرُوبِl-ghurūbithe setting

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Warning the Disbelievers of the imminent Torment; commanding the Prophet to pray and have PatienceAllah the Exalted asks, `how many We have destroyed before these denying disbelievers'مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشاً(a generation who were stronger in power than they.) they were more numerous, mightier than they and who constructed on the earth and built on it more than they.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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