سورة الفَجر
Surah Al-Fajr 89:2
The Dawn · Verse 2 of 30
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And the (last) ten Nights (of Ramadzân),
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
By the Nights twice five;
Ahmed Ali
And the Ten Nights,
12 more translations
Ali Unal
And ten nights,
Daryabadi
And by ten nights,
Faridul Haque
And by oath of ten nights.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the ten nights!
Maulvi Sher Ali
And the Ten Nights,
Muhammad Asad
and the ten nights!
Muhammad Musin Khan
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah),
Muhammad Pickthall
And ten nights,
Muhammad Sarwar
by the Ten (secret) Nights,
Muhammed ali Shakir
And the ten nights,
Rashad Khalifa
And the ten nights.
Shabbir Ahmed
And ten Nights.
Commentary 89:1-5 The introductory five verses specify the times that are particularly suited for the offering of prayers and for remembrance of our Lord. It is the…
On 89:1–5
وَالْفَجْرِ﴿١﴾ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْر﴿٢﴾ وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ﴿٣﴾ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ﴿٤﴾ هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
89:1-5 The introductory five verses specify the times that are particularly suited for the offering of prayers and for remembrance of our Lord. It is the prayer at the time of the daybreak (Salât al-Fajr), then the last ten nights of the month of fasting (لَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ) that is the starting time of the observance of I‘tikâf when a Muslim may spend day and night in a mosque in seclusion. Then an even and odd number of prayers are mentioned, which are performed before sleep and during the ten nights of seclusion in the mosque. The ten nights are also in reference to the last ten nights of the month of Ramadzân. “And the Night when it moves on” refers to the Night of Majesty – Lailah-tul-Qadr. Ibn ‘Abbâs supported this interpretation on the authority of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). Tabriz has gone so far as to say that the aforementioned interpretation of the ten nights has been confirmed by consensus. When the Holy Prophet (pbuh) was requested to comment upon the significance of the “even and odd” - he is reported to have said that by this expression is meant the prayer, which consists of both even and odd rak‘ats (cf. 44:89).