Al-Qamar 54:55
The Moon · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 531
The Seat of Truth
فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ٥٥
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
In a seat of honour near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “maq‘ad sidq” as a gathering of truth, a seat of sincerity: a fixed station for the truthful that can never prove false or vanish.
Reflect
Don’t depart from truthfulness 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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