AT TAKWIR — Ayat 15

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ - الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ - وَالَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ - وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ مُّطَـعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ وَمَا صَـحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِالاٍّفُقِ الْمُبِينِ وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـنٍ رَّجِيمٍ فَأيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـلَمِينَ لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَـلَمِينَ

15. But nay! I swear by Al-Khunnas. 16. Al-Jawar Al-Kunnas. 17. And by the night when it `As`as. 18. And by the day when it Tanaffas. 19. Verily, this is the Word a most honorable messenger. 20. Dhi Quwwah, with the Lord of the Throne -- Makin, 21. Obeyed there, trustworthy. 22. And your companion is not a madman. 23. And indeed he saw him in the clear horizon. 24. And he withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen. 25. And it is not the word of the outcast Shaytan. 26. Then where are you going 27. Verily, this is no less than a Reminder for the creatures. 28. To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight. 29. And you cannot will unless that Allah wills -- the Lord of all that exists. Muslim recorded in his Sahih, and An-Nasa'i in his Book of Tafsir, in explaining this Ayah, from `Amr bin Hurayth that he said, ”I prayed the Morning prayer behind the Prophet , and I heard him reciting,