Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
English
Ahmed Ali
So I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (but nay! i swear by the lord of the rising places) the rising places of winter and summer (and the setting places of the planets) the setting places of winter and summer. there are two rising places and two setting places. the rising place of winter and summer has 177 phases and so do the setting places of winter and summer. the sun rises, in a year, two days in the same phase, and it also sets, in a year, two days in the same phase (that we are able) this is the reason of the above oath
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : for verily (fa-lā: lā is extra) i swear by the lord of the rising-places and the setting-places, of the sun, the moon and all the stars, that we are able
