An-Naba 78:9
The Tidings · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 582
Sleep
وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتࣰا ٩
And have appointed your sleep for repose.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
And made your sleep for rest.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “subat” as a cutting off, a rest; in being cut off from senses and work it is a kind of death.
Reflect
Tonight before sleeping, reflect that sleep is a blessing.
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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