Al-Inshiqaq 84:16
The Sundering · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 589
The Twilight
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ١٦
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
I swear by the twilight.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “shafaq” as the red glow on the horizon after sunset; the word originally has the sense of thinness.
Reflect
Watch the red glow of sunset this evening.
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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