ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Iqra wa rab bukal akram
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
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Knowledge & reflection
96:3Ayah 119
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Recite reiterating the first one and your Lord is the Most Generous having no counterpart in terms of His generosity wa-rabbuka’l-akram is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of the verb iqra’ ‘recite’
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Your Lord is munificent and generous, and is ashamed to turn away empty the hands of His servant when he raises them to Him.
“Recite ‘By the sun and its brightness,’[Al-Shams
(91)]
‘Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,’ [Al-A’la
(87)] ‘By the
night as it envelops,’ or, ‘Read!
In the Name of your
Lord Who has created.’”
Prophet (saas) said: "Your Lord is Kind and Most Generous, and is too kind to let His slave, if he raises his hands to Him, bring them back empty," or he said "frustrated."
"The Prophet (ﷺ) would recite: 'Hal Tastati'u Rabbak'"
from Abu Sa'eed, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The Lord, Blessed and Most High is He, has said: 'Whoever is too busy with the Qur'an for remembering Me and asking Me, then I shall give him more than what I give to those who ask.' And the virtue of Allah's Speech over the speech of others is like the virtue of Allah over His creation.
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