What does Quran 91:3 mean?

Quran 91:3 (Surah Ash-Shams, Ayah 3) translates to: "And [by] the day when it displays it"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 91:3 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun), the 91th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Nature References, Creation, Spiritual Purification, Tawhid, Prayer.

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa

And [by] the day when it displays it

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

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Signs in creation

91:3Ayah 115

6 ayahs in Ash-Shams are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

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and by the day when it reveals her as it rises high

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