سورة الشّمس
Surah Al-Shams 91:2
The Sun · Verse 2 of 15
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
Abdul Mannan Omar
And the moon when it borrows light from it (- the sun),
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
By the Moon as she follows him;
Ahmed Ali
And the moon as she follows in his wake,
12 more translations
Ali Unal
And the moon as it follows it (reflecting its light);
Daryabadi
By the moon, when she followeth him,
Faridul Haque
And by oath of the moon when it follows the sun
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the moon when she borrows light from him!
Maulvi Sher Ali
And by the moon when it follows the sun,
Muhammad Asad
and the moon as it reflects the sun!
Muhammad Musin Khan
And by the moon as it follows it (the sun);
Muhammad Pickthall
And the moon when she followeth him,
Muhammad Sarwar
by the moon when it follows the sun,
Muhammed ali Shakir
And the moon when it follows the sun,
Rashad Khalifa
The moon that follows it.
Shabbir Ahmed
And the Moon that goes after to borrow its light.
Commentary 91:1-2 Al-Shams wa Dzuhâhaالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا – “The sun and its light and heat”. The sun also means the sun of the spiritual world. The earth receives light…
On 91:1–2
الشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا﴿١﴾ وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
91:1-2 Al-Shams wa Dzuhâhaالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا – “The sun and its light and heat”. The sun also means the sun of the spiritual world. The earth receives light from the sun only on an intermittent basis, although the sun is shining incessantly. Its light has to recur again and again to illuminate the earth and its inhabitants. Just as the temporary and the artificial lights of the earth are of inferior value when compared with the bright and continuous light of the sun, similarly human reason is incomplete and needs repeated illumination from the Divine light of guidance. This necessitates the advents of Allâh’s Prophets and the final Prophet (pbuh) who will be followed by people endowed with Divine Light. They have reached proximity to their Lord and are called, “Auliyâ, Muhaddith and Mujaddadîn in the Islamic terminology. They are like moon that derive their light from the original sun. In analogy, the Reformers borrow their light from the Muhammadan light, which they follow, and then they illuminate the hearts of those who are receptacles of this light. Other inhabitants of the earth of their era also benefit from their light.