Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Qaaf, Ayah 40

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وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ
And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

and glorify Him at some part of the night that is to say perform the two evening prayers and after prostrations read adbār as the plural of dubur or idbār as the verbal noun from adbara ‘to pass’ in other words perform supererogatory prayers as prescribed by the Sunna after the obligatory ones; it is also said to mean the actual uttering of glorifications at these times with continuous praise.

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(And in the night time hymn His praise) pray for Him the prayers of Maghrib and 'Isha' or the prayer of tahajjud: (And after the (prescribed) prostrations) two units of prayer after the Maghrib.

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