Text of verse 89:3
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ ٣
Transliteration
wal-shafʿi wal-watri
Translation
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 3
سورة الفجر، الآية ٣
Verse 3 of Surah Al-Fajr (89:3), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 593 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Al-Mukhtasar
He also takes an oath on the odd and even of things.
Other translations of verse 3
and the even and the odd2,
Notes
[2] Of the things.
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allâh).2
Notes
[2] (V.89:3) "Even" and "Odd" is interpreted differently by different religious scholars. Some say: Even is the Day of Slaughtering of the Sacrifices, i.e. 10th of Dhul-Hijjah, and Odd is the Day of ‘Arafah (Hajj ), i.e. 9th of Dhul-Hijjah. Others say: Even is all the creatures and Odd is Allâh. Some say it is the compulsory congregational prayer, i.e. Maghrib is Witr , and the other four prayers are Shaf‘
And the Even and the Odd,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the even and the odd,
And (by) the Even and the Odd,
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And remember Allāh during [specific] numbered days. Then whoever hastens [his departure] in two days - there is no sin upon him; and whoever delays [until the third] - there is no sin upon him - for him who fears Allāh. And fear Allāh and know that unto Him you will be gathered.
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وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
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