Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: At-Taariq, Ayah 2

At-Taariq · Ayah 2 · View Ayah
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
And what can make you know what is the night comer?

Common Words

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وما1x
أدرىك1x
ما1x
ٱلطارق1x

Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And what will tell you what the night-visitor is? mā’l-tāriq is a subject and predicate standing as the second object of the verb adrā ‘tell’; and what comes after the first mā ‘what’ is the predicate thereof of this first mā — this statement emphasises the magnificence of the ‘night-visitor’ which is explained in what follows. It is

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(Ah, what will tell thee) O Muhammad (what the Morning Star is!) this is to arouse his astonishment.

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