English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
And by the elevated Roof;
English - Five Volume Translation
And by the Elevated Roof;
Commentary:
'The Elevated Roof' may also refer to the tabernacle which Moses set up in the wilderness in the form of a canopy under which the Israelites worshipped. Or it may refer to the Ka‘bah or to the sky or heaven the last reference being more appropriate and relevant.
English - Short Commentary Translation
And by the Elevated Roof;
The tabernacle which Moses set up in the wilderness, in the form of a canopy under which the Israelites worshipped, or the Ka‘bah; or the sky, the last reference being more appropriate and relevant.
It is characteristic of the Qur’an that when it has to make a firm declaration and impart emphasis and certainty to that declaration it swears by, or cites as witnesses, certain beings or objects or natural laws or phenomena. In the first few verses the Surah swears by certain things intimately connected with Moses—the counterpart of the Holy Prophet. It was on Tur that the revelation was vouchsafed to Moses which embodied his Law and the prophecies which spoke about the appearance of a great Divine Prophet from among the brethren of the Israelites (Deut. 18:18 & 33:2). Evidently, the Holy Prophet was the Divine Messenger spoken of in the prophecy. His advent is likened in the Qur’an to the advent of Moses (73:16). The Surah then cites, as evidence, the "Inscribed Book" (the Bibl
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
German
und bei (seinem) erhöhten Dach;
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
اور اس چھت کو جو ہمیشہ بلند رہے گی۔
ہمیشہ بلند رہنے والی چھت سے بھی خانہ کعبہ مراد ہے اور مطلب یہ ہے کہ اس کی عزت خداتعالیٰ ہمیشہ قائم رکھے گا۔
English - Sahih
And [by] the heaven raised high
English - Yusuf Ali
By the Canopy Raised High;
English - Five Volume Commentary *
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Commentary:
'The Elevated Roof' may also refer to the tabernacle which Moses set up in the wilderness in the form of a canopy under which the Israelites worshipped. Or it may refer to the Ka‘bah or to the sky or heaven the last reference being more appropriate and relevant.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
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The tabernacle which Moses set up in the wilderness, in the form of a canopy under which the Israelites worshipped, or the Ka‘bah; or the sky, the last reference being more appropriate and relevant.
It is characteristic of the Qur’an that when it has to make a firm declaration and impart emphasis and certainty to that declaration it swears by, or cites as witnesses, certain beings or objects or natural laws or phenomena. In the first few verses the Surah swears by certain things intimately connected with Moses—the counterpart of the Holy Prophet. It was on Tur that the revelation was vouchsafed to Moses which embodied his Law and the prophecies which spoke about the appearance of a great Divine Prophet from among the brethren of the Israelites (Deut. 18:18 & 33:2). Evidently, the Holy Prophet was the Divine Messenger spoken of in the prophecy. His advent is likened in the Qur’an to the advent of Moses (73:16). The Surah then cites, as evidence, the "Inscribed Book" (the Bibl
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