Surah 17 · Juz 15
Al-Isra · 17:78
أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ اللَّيْلِ وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا
(78) Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night[767] and [also] the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] of dawn.[768] Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
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[767]- i.e., the period which includes the ẓuhr, aṣr, maghrib, and ʿishā’ prayers.
[768]- i.e., the fajr prayer, in which the recitation of the Qur’ān is prolonged.
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[767]- i.e., the period which includes the ẓuhr, aṣr, maghrib, and ʿishā’ prayers.
[768]- i.e., the fajr prayer, in which the recitation of the Qur’ān is prolonged.
Tafsir
78. Establish the prayer by performing it in the most complete manner in its times, which are the declining of the sun from the middle of the sky - and this includes the zuhr and ‘asr prayers - until the darkness of night - and this includes the maghrib and ‘isha prayers. And establish the fajr prayer and lengthen the recitation therein, as the fajr prayer is attended by the angels of night and the angels of day.
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