Surah Ad-Dukhaan: Verse 2 - والكتاب المبين... - English

Tafsir of Verse 2, Surah Ad-Dukhaan

وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

English Translation

By the clear Book,

English Transliteration

Waalkitabi almubeeni

Tafsir of Verse 2

By the Clear Book.

By the Book that makes things clear;-

Commentary

The Merit of the Surah

Sayyidna Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ reports that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that whoever recites Surah Dukhan on Friday night, his sins will have been forgiven by the morning. Sayyidna Umamah ؓ narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said anyone who recites Surah Dukhan on Friday, in the night or in the day, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise. (Qurtubi on the authority of Thalabi).

In the present set of verses, the greatness of Qur'an and some of its special features are described. وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ "By the manifest Book". This verse refers to the Holy 'Qur'an'. In the verse Allah swears an oath by the magnificent Qur'an to state that it was revealed in a blessed and auspicious Night, the purpose of which is to awaken the unmindful human beings from their deep slumber. A similar oath was taken, in exactly the same words, at the commencement of Surah Az-Zukhruf (Chapter 43). The oath-phrase has been fully discussed there.

Verse 2 - Surah Ad-Dukhaan: (والكتاب المبين...) - English