Al-Fajr 89:3
The Dawn · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 593
The Even and the Odd
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ٣
And the Even and the Odd.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
And by the even and the odd.
Insight
Elmalılı, citing al-Razi, says this is what the Arabs called “even and odd”: all numbers and beings are either even or odd.
Reflect
Remember today the One who is “odd”, the One: Allah.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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