Surah Fajr Ayat 3 (89:3 Quran) With Tafsir

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Surah Fajr Ayat 3 in Arabic Text

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ

Wash shaf’i wal watr

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 3

Sahih International
And [by] the even [number] and the odd

Yusuf Ali
By the even and odd (contrasted);

Abul Ala Maududi
and the even and the odd,

Muhsin Khan
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).

Pickthall
And the Even and the Odd,

Dr. Ghali
And (by) the Even and the Odd,

Abdel Haleem
by the even and the odd,

Muhammad Junagarhi
اور جفت اور طاق کی!

Quran 89 Verse 3 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Fajr ayat 3, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(89:3) and the even and the odd,

There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Fajr verse 3 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Fajr ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 14.

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