So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings1758 that indeed We are able
Notes
[1758] i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), who determines the point at which the sun, moon and stars rise and set according to season and every position of observation.
Verse 40 of Surah Al-Ma’arij (70:40), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 570 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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Tafsir of verse 40
Al-Mukhtasar
Allah takes an oath on the Lord of the rising places of the sun and the moon. Indeed, Allah is the Capable.
I swear by the Lord of the sunrises and sunsets15 that We are surely Capable
Notes
[15] i.e., Allah is the One Who determines the daily points of sunrise and sunset according to each season by the rotation of the earth around its axis.
So I swear by the Lord of all the [three hundred and sixty-five (365)] points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west that surely We are Able
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able
Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly-
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able
Yet no, I swear by The Lord of the easts and the wests; surely We are indeed (the) Determiners.
Do they not see that Allāh, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.
