Exegesis of Ad-Ðuha (Q. 93)
In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful the Most Gracious...
He was asked about the exegesis of the statement: {By the morning light as well as the night and what it covers...}
{By the morning light} refers to the light of morn and its intense brightness.
The "covering of the night" is: the enclosing of darkness and wrapping with tightness.
As the Glorified says: {He wraps the night with the day and wraps the day with the night} (Q. 39:5).
{Thy Lord hast not forsaken thee nor dost He detest thee. The Hereafter is better for thee than the first. Thy Lord shall give to thee and thou shall be satisfied}
Allah informs His Messenger that he will give him what He hadn‟t given to anyone prior.
He will never leave him, so he should think well. Nor does His hatred or detestation, he acquires.
Detestation is that which is odious or hated. But, He honours him with nobility
Because his Hereafter is better than his first life. He says He will give to him liberally.
The granting of the Hereafter is what is easy for him and what he is pleased with.
Then, the Glorified reminds him of his virtue. Due to His mercy, He‟s given this gift.
{Did He not find thee an orphan and cared for thee? [Did He not] find thee lost and guided thee? [Did He not] find thee in need and enriched thee? Regarding the orphan, do not oppress him. Regarding the petitioner, do not send him away}
He teaches the people that He cared for him as the least of the orphans.
{...find thee in need and enriched thee}: He granted him independence by fortune.
{...lost and guided thee}: He guided him by means of the guidance He granted him.
The Exalted prevents him from oppressing the orphan and repulsing the one who asks of him.
Then He command him to speak of his Lord‟s Grace in that He mentioned him as in need
And an orphan so that he can acknowledge the knowledge of such with conviction indeed.
{Regarding the grace of thy Lord, declare it}
The meaning of {declare it} is: inform about it, spread it, talk about it.
It is by Allah‟s Blessings that one is grateful and by Grace that one mentions it.
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