![]() ![]() The majority opinion though comes from the linguistic analysis of it which implies that it is when the Sun comes out partially but not fully and to the extent that you can still look at it, so not the scorching Sun but rather the soothing morning light of the Sun. Some have called it the light of the Sun whilst others have called it the entire day especially considering the day exists due to light given from the Sun. The word duha here has been defined in two ways. In this verse Allah (swt) swears by the Sun but then adds another attribute. For the most part though the sunnah is that when we take an oath we take it by Allah (swt) but when Allah (swt) takes an oath He has the right to take it by whatever he wills. ![]() ![]() For example, this verse would be rendered ‘By the Lord of the Sun’. This is a surah of many oaths and one opinion on oaths held by a minority of scholars is that every time Allah (swt) takes an oath by any of his creations there is a word implicitly understood – rabb. This surah can be considered a tafseer and an explanation of that one central ayah and those two pathways and gives us an insight into human psychology and personality. The central ayah of the previous surah was that Allah (swt) has guided man to two paths both heading upwards and after mentioning the conflicts there are some internal realities that are alluded to. Another conflict highlighted was the conflict of the disbelievers and those who refuse to take the right path against those from amongst humanity in need of aid and assistance. A third conflict was the arrogant conflict man has with Allah (swt) whereby man assumes that none has control over him and that no one witnessed his actions. A second conflict was the struggle of every day living which every human suffers from and that none can escape. At the end of the same surah the disbelievers were in conflict with the revelation that the messenger (saw) had brought. ![]() The previous surah highlighted certain conflicts one of which was the conflict between the messenger (saw) and the Quraysh where the disbelievers had made it acceptable to attack the messenger (saw). ![]()
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