Transliteration:( Inna sa'yakum lashattaa )
4. "O Abu Bakr Siddique and Umayyah bin Khalf. Or, O reciters of the Quran. Or O mankind."
The first interpretation is the most fitting, as these verses highlight divine mercy for Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique and reprimand for Umayyah bin Khalf.
From this verse, several important lessons emerge:
1. Exemplary Status of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique:
Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique, a noble Companion and embodiment of truth and piety, is distinctly elevated by Allah Almighty above the infidels. This distinction underscores his unwavering faith and unparalleled devotion.
2. The Importance of Striving:
A person must not remain idle but actively engage in good deeds. Just as a machine deteriorates without use, the body and soul thrive through continuous effort and righteous action.
3. Diversity Among People:
Human beings are inherently diverse in belief and character. There are believers and infidels, the pious and the transgressors, and even among the religious, there are varying levels of devotion and effort. Attempting to view all people as identical contradicts the natural order of creation. Differences have always existed and will persist as part of divine wisdom.
4. Contrasting Efforts:
The deeds of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique, such as freeing Hazrat Bilal, reflect spiritual effort and noble intention, vastly different from the malicious efforts of Umayyah bin Khalf.
For a deed to be truly good, it must align with good intentions, sincere beliefs, and divine guidance. This principle is exemplified by Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique’s noble act of freeing Hazrat Bilal, a deed lauded by Allah in these verses.
The tafsir of Surah Al-Lail verse 4 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Al-Lail ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 11.
(92:4) surely your strivings are divergent.[1]
1. This is that for which an oath has been sworn by the night and the day, and the creation of the male and the female. It means to say: Just as the night and the day, and the male and the female, are different from each other, and their effects and results are mutually contradictory, so are the aims and objects for which men are endeavoring and struggling; different in their nature and contradictory with regard to their results. In the following verses, it has been told that all these divided endeavors are divided into two main kinds.
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