Quran-6:96 Surah Al-anam English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

فَالِقُ ٱلۡإِصۡبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيۡلَ سَكَنٗا وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ حُسۡبَانٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ

Transliteration:( Faaliqul isbaahi wa ja'alal laila sakananw wash shamsa walqamara husbaanaa; zaalika taqdeerul 'Azeezil 'Aleem )

96. He splits the dawn [206] and has made the night for rest, and the sun and the moon for reckoning [207]. That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing [208]. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(96) [He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation.[330] That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing. (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Al-Anam Ayat 96 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

206. In the morning, light appears in the east like a thread and it seems as if this line/thread has split the darkness. This too is due to His Power. Likewise, He splits the darkness of infidelity and spreads the light of prophethood. 

207. By reckoning the moon and sun means that through the moon He has made Lunar months and that solar months are created from the movement of the sun. From the moon Islamic worship are determined and through the sun seasonal prayers are calculated. In short in these, there are marvellous signs of Divine Powers.

208. From this, we learn that mathematics is a lofty branch of knowledge. through it, Allah Almighty's absolute Power is revealed.Allah Almighty had made things of the heavens and earth as samples of His Power.

 

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Al-Anam verse 96 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anam ayat 95 which provides the complete commentary from verse 95 through 97.

(6:96) It is He Who causes the dawn to split forth, and has ordained the night for repose, and the sun and the moon for reckoning time. All this is determined by Allah the Almighty, the All-Knowing.

Ala-Maududi

(6:96) It is He Who causes the dawn to split forth, and has ordained the night for repose, and the sun and the moon for reckoning time. All this is determined by Allah the Almighty, the All-Knowing.


There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

(96) [He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation.[330] That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

[330]- Or "according to calculation," referring to their precise movement.

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