Al-Muzzammil 73:7
The Enshrouded One · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 574
The Day’s Occupation
إِنَّ لَكَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبۡحࣰا طَوِيلࣰا ٧
Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
For you by day is prolonged occupation.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “sabh” as swimming: by day there are tasks that occupy you and keep you from reading and worship; the night’s calm is not found amid them.
Reflect
Seek at night the peace you lose in the rush of the day.
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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