Al-Layl 92:4
The Night · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 595
Diverse Strivings
إِنَّ سَعۡيَكُمۡ لَشَتَّىٰ ٤
Lo! your effort is dispersed (toward divers ends).
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Your strivings are truly diverse.
Insight
Elmalılı explains this two ways: your efforts are scattered and disorderly, though success depends on unity and cooperation; or your efforts differ: some work for good, some for bad.
Reflect
Think about which way your effort is flowing today.
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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