Al-Waqi’ah 56:78
The Inevitable · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 537
A Protected Book
فِي كِتَٰبࣲ مَّكۡنُونࣲ ٧٨
In a Book kept hidden.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
In a well-guarded Book.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “maknun” as kept hidden so as not to be soiled or lost, guarded in covers; copies of the Qur’an too should be kept like this.
Reflect
Keep the Qur’an at home in a clean, protected place.
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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