Ayetآية

An-Naba 78:13

The Tidings · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 582

A Blazing Lamp

وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجࣰا وَهَّاجࣰا ۝١٣

And have appointed a dazzling lamp.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall

Meaning

And made a blazing lamp.

Insight

Elmalılı explains “wahhaj” as a fire flaring up and blazing brightly: the sun.

Reflect

Stand in the sunlight for a few minutes 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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