Quran 84:17

Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 17

Verse 17 of 25 in Surah Al-Inshiqaq (الإنشقاق), chapter 84 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

EnglishSaheeh International: And [by] the night and what it envelops
TamilJan Trust Foundation: மேலும், இரவின் மீதும், அது ஒன்று சேர்ப்பவற்றின் மீதும்,
SinhalaRuwwad Center: රාත්‍රිය හා එය වැලඳ ගත් දෑ මත ද,
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi: اور اس کی جمع کرده چیزوں کی قسم.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita: 夜と，それに帰り集うものにおいて，
ChineseMa Jian: 以黑夜及其包罗万象的盟誓，

Tafsir of 84:17

Swearing by the Various Stages of Man's Journey It 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." So Ash-Shafaq is the redness of the horizon, either before sunset, as Mujahid said or after sunset, as is well known with the scholars of the Arabic Language. Al-Khalil bin Ahmad said, "Ash-Shafaq is the redness that appears from the setting of sun until the time of the last `Isha' (when it is completely dark).…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)