The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2)

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CH. 6 PT. 7 77. And when the AL-AN'ĀM darkened upon him, he saw a فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ الَّيْلُ رَا كَوْكَبًا قَالَ night هُذَا رَى فَلَمَّا أَفَلَ قَالَ لَا أُحِبُّ !star. He said: “This is my Lord But when it set, he said: 'I like not those that set. " '822 الأفِلِينَ فَلَمَّارَاَ الْقَمَرَ بَازِعًا قَالَ هَذَارَى And when he saw the moon. 78 ج rise with spreading light, he فَلَمَّا أَفَلَ قَالَ لَبِنْ لَّمْ يَهْدِنِي رَبِّيٌّ said: 'This is my Lord. But لَا كُونَنَّ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الضَّالِّينَ فَلَمَّارَا الشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً قَالَ هُذَا رَبِّ when it set, he said, ‘If my Lord guide me not, I shall surely be of the people who go astray. '823 79. And when he saw the sun rise with spreading light, he هذَا اكْبَرُ فَلَمَّا أَفَلَتْ قَالَ يُقَوْمِ إِنِّي said: “This is my Lord, this is the greatest. ' But when it set, he said, 'O my people, surely I am clear of that which you associate with God. 824 بَرِى مِمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ. اِنّى وَجَهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ I have turned my face. 80 toward Him Who created the السَّمَوتِ وَالْاَرْضَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَا heavens and the earth, being ever inclined to God, and I am not of those who associate gods with God. '825 مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ 822. Important Words: "3:21. (darkened) means, it covered up. 823. Commentary: See collective note under 6:80. i. e. | below جن الليل على الشيء or جن الليل الشيء They say the night covered the thing up; or the night threw its covering of darkness over the thing. means, the night grew dark. See also 2:26 & 6:129. Commentary: See collective note under 6:80 below. 824. Commentary: See collective note under 6:80 below. 825. Commentary: Verses 77 to 80 contain an argument which Abraham employed 885