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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Isra 17:78

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أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا

Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

أقم الصلاة تامة من وقت زوال الشمس عند الظهيرة إلى وقت ظلمة الليل، ويدخل في هذا صلاة الظهر والعصر والمغرب والعشاء، وأقم صلاة الفجر، وأَطِلِ القراءة فيها؛ إن صلاة الفجر تحضرها ملائكة الليل وملائكة النهار.

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