Surah Ash-Shams Ayat 4 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 4
And [by] the night when it covers it
By the Night as it conceals it;
and by the night as it envelopes the sun;
And by the night as it conceals it (the sun);
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
And (by) the night when it envelops it,
and by the night as it conceals it,
قسم ہے رات کی جب اسے ڈھانﭗ لے
Quran 91 Verse 4 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Ash-Shams ayat 4, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(91:4) and by the night as it envelopes the sun;[2]
2. That is, when the night comes, the sun hides and its light remains hidden throughout the night. This state has been described, saying that the night covers up the sun, for the night actually signifies the sun’s hiding behind the horizon because of which its light cannot reach that part of the earth where the night has fallen.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Ash-Shams verse 4 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Ash-Shams ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 10.
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