Surah Al-Waqi'ah 56:77
سُورَةُ الوَاقِعَةِ · Meccan · Verse 77 of 96
إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ
Translation
that this is truly a noble Quran,
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'Indeed, it is a noble Qur'an.' Ibn Ashur and al-Saadi note this is what the mighty oath was sworn to affirm, 'qur'anun karim', a Qur'an of nobility, honour, and generous benefit: the whole star-lit cosmos invoked to underline the worth of this Book. Ask yourself: the sheer weight of the oath tells me how I am meant to regard the Qur'an, as something so honourable that the stars themselves are its witnesses. Set that against how I often actually treat it: skimmed, neglected, a duty rather than a treasure. The verse recalibrates my valuation. If God calls His creation to witness the nobility of this Book, and I hold it as an afterthought, the mismatch is entirely on my side. What would change in how I open it if I truly believed I was holding the thing the stars vouch for?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Saadi, al-Biqa'i.
Topics that discuss this verse
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