At-Tur 52:49 ومن الليل فسبحه وادبار النجوم ٤٩

52:49

وَمِنَ

ٱلَّيۡلِ

فَسَبِّحۡهُ

وَإِدۡبَٰرَ

ٱلنُّجُومِ

٤٩

And, in parts of night too, proclaim His purity, and at the time of setting of the stars.

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

The Stubbornness of the Idolators; Their Punishment

Allah the Exalted reaffirms the stubbornness of the idolators and their ignorance of what goes around them,

وَإِن يَرَوْاْ كِسْفاً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ سَـقِطاً

(And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down,) meaning, on them as punishment,

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The Stubbornness of the Idolators; Their Punishment

Allah the Exalted reaffirms the stubbornness of the idolators and their ignorance of what goes arou

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Chapter 52, Page 525, Juz 27

29. So keep reminding (them), because by the grace of your Lord, you are neither a soothsayer, nor a mad man. 30. Do they rather say, “He is a poet for whom we are awaiting the accident of death?” 31. Say, “Wait! I am waiting with you, too.” 32. Is it their intellects that direct them to (say) this, or are they a rebellious people? 33. Do they rather say, “He has forged it (the Qur’ān.)”? No, but they do not believe. 34. So, let them bring a discourse like this, if they are truthful. 35. Is it that they are created by none, or are they themselves the creators? 36. Or have they created the heavens and the earth? No, but they are sure of nothing. 37. Or do they have the treasures of your Lord, or have they acquired control (over them)? 38. Or have they a stairway (to the heavens) by means of which they listen (to the divine decrees)? If so, their listener must bring a clear proof. 39. Is it that He has daughters and you have sons? 40. Or is it that you (O prophet) ask them for a fee, and therefore they are burdened with a liability? 41. Or have they the knowledge of the Unseen, and they are recording it? 42. Or do they intend to plan to do harm (to the prophet)? Then the disbelievers themselves shall be harmed by the plan. 43. Or do they have a god other than Allah? Pure is Allah from what they associate with Him. 44. Even if they see a piece falling down from the sky, they would say, “It is a cumulated cloud.” 45. So, leave them alone until they face their Day, in which they will be turned unconscious, 46. the Day their planning will not benefit them in the least, nor will they be helped. 47. And for those who did wrong there is another punishment before that, but most of them do not know. 48. And (O Prophet) be patient about the decision of your Lord, because you are in front of Our Eyes. And proclaim the purity of your Lord along with His praise when you stand (in Prayer), 49. And, in parts of night too, proclaim His purity, and at the time of setting of the stars.

- T. Usmani