Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: As-Sajda, Ayah 16

As-Sajda · Ayah 16 · View Ayah
تَتَجَافَىٰ جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًۭا وَطَمَعًۭا وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ
They arise from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

Their sides withdraw they rise from their lying places the places for lying down to sleep together with the bedding in order to spend the night in prayer tahajjud to supplicate to their Lord in fear of His punishment and in hope of His mercy and they expend of what We have provided them they give voluntary alms.

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(Who forsake their beds) after sleeping a little at night (to cry unto their Lord) to worship their Lord by means of the five daily prayers; it is also said that they forsake their beds in order to pray the last night prayer ('Isha'); it is also said that this means: they leave their beds after sleeping a little at night to perform supererogatory prayers (in fear) of Him and His chastisement (and hope) in Him and His mercy, (and spend) in charity (of what we have bestowed on them) of wealth.

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