Surah Ash-Shams Ayah 7 (91:7) — Meaning & Tafsir | Quran.GG

Surah Ash-Shams, Ayah 7

91:7 · Meaning and tafsir

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

Surah Ash-Shams 91:7 in Arabic with its translation: “And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it”

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)

Which was revealed in Makkah

Recitation of Surah Ash-Shams wa Duhaha in the `Isha' Prayer The Hadith of Jabir which was recorded in the Two Sahihs has already been mentioned. In it the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Mu`adh,

«هَلَّا صَلَّيْتَ بِــ

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَى

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَـهَا

وَالَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى »

(Why didn't you pray with (the recitation of) (Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High) (87), (By the sun and Duhaha) (91), and (By the night as it envelops) (92))

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Allah swears by His Creation that the Person Who purifies Himself will be Successful and the Person Who corrupts Himself will fail

Mujahid said,

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَـهَا

(By the sun and Duhaha.) "This means, by its light." Qatadah said,

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Ma'arif al-Qur'an

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا (and by the soul, and the One who made it well,...91:7) If, in this phrase, the particle ma is taken to function as infinitival particle, it signifies 'by the human soul and its perfection'. If ma is taken in the sense of man , it signifies 'by the soul and the One who proportioned it'. The

Uthmani text of the Madinah mushaf (King Fahd Complex). Translation: Saheeh International. Tafsir via Quran.com.