Quran 17:78 — Al-Israa, verse 78
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So perform the regular prayers in the period from the time the sun is past its zenith till the darkness of the night, and [recite] the Quran at dawn- dawn recitation is always witnessed––
أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ اللَّيْلِ وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا
aqimi l-ṣalata lidulūki l-shamsi ilā ghasaqi al-layli waqur'āna l-fajri inna qur'āna l-fajri kāna mashhūdan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Perform the prayer at the sinking of the sun to the darkening of the night and the recital of dawn; surely the recital of dawn is witnessed.
- Muhammad Asad
- BE CONSTANT in [thy] prayer from the time when the sun has passed its zenith till the darkness of night, and [be ever mindful of its] recitation at dawn: for, behold, the recitation [of prayer] at dawn is indeed witnessed [by all that is holy].
- Sahih International
- Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَقِمِaqimi | Establish | قوم |
| 2 | ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalata | the prayer | صلو |
| 3 | لِدُلُوكِlidulūki | at the decline | دلك |
| 4 | ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi | (of) the sun | شمس |
| 5 | إِلَىٰilā | till | — |
| 6 | غَسَقِghasaqi | (the) darkness | غسق |
| 7 | ٱلَّيْلِal-layli | (of) the night | ليل |
| 8 | وَقُرْءَانَwaqur'āna | and Quran | قرأ |
| 9 | ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖl-fajri | at dawn | فجر |
| 10 | إِنَّinna | indeed | — |
| 11 | قُرْءَانَqur'āna | the Quran | قرأ |
| 12 | ٱلْفَجْرِl-fajri | (at) the dawn | فجر |
| 13 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 14 | مَشْهُودًۭاmashhūdan | ever witnessed | شهد |