Translation: So (give) glory to Allah, when you reach
eventide 3521 and when you rise in the morning;
Commentary:
3521 - The special times for Allah's remembrance are so described as to include
all our activites in life-when we rise early in the morning, and when we go to rest in
the evening; when we are in the midst of our work, at the decline of the sun, and
in the late afternoon. It may be noted that these are all striking stages in the
passage of the sun through our terrestrial day, as well as stages in our daily working
lives. On this are based the hours of the five canonical prayers afterwards
prescibed in Madinah; viz., (1) early morning before sunrise (Fajr); (2) when the
day begins to decline, just after noon (Zuhr); (3) in the late afternoon, say midway
between noon and sunset ('Asr); and (4) and (5) the two evening prayers, one just
after sunset (Maghrib), and the other after the evening twilight has all faded from
the horizon, the hour indicated for rest and sleep (Isha'). Cf. 11:114, nn. 1616-17;
17:78-79, n. 2275; 20:130, n. 2655.
3521 - The special times for Allah's remembrance are so described as to include all our activites in life-when we rise early in the morning, and when we go to rest in the evening; when we are in the midst of our work, at the decline of the sun, and in the late afternoon. It may be noted that these are all striking stages in the passage of the sun through our terrestrial day, as well as stages in our daily working lives. On this are based the hours of the five canonical prayers afterwards prescibed in Madinah; viz., (1) early morning before sunrise (Fajr); (2) when the day begins to decline, just after noon (Zuhr); (3) in the late afternoon, say midway between noon and sunset ('Asr); and (4) and (5) the two evening prayers, one just after sunset (Maghrib), and the other after the evening twilight has all faded from the horizon, the hour indicated for rest and sleep (Isha'). Cf. 11:114, nn. 1616-17; 17:78-79, n. 2275; 20:130, n. 2655.