[52] Surah At-Tur [The Mount]: Ayat 048-049

৪৮. আপনি আপনার পালনকর্তার নির্দেশের অপেক্ষায় সবর করুন। আপনি আমার দৃষ্টির সামনে আছেন  এবং আপনি আপনার পালনকর্তার সপ্রশংস পবিত্রতা ঘোষণা করুন যখন আপনি গাত্রোত্থান করেন।

৪৯. এবং রাত্রির কিছু অংশে এবং তারকা অস্তমিত হওয়ার সময় তাঁর পবিত্রতা ঘোষণা করুন। 

Ayat 48. So wait patiently (O Muhammad  [SAWW] (PBUH) for the Decision of your Lord, for verily, you are under Our Eyes, and glorify the Praises of your Lord when you get up from sleep.

Ayat 49. And in the night-time, also glorify His Praises (with Tahajjud optional prayer), and at the setting of the stars.

Tafseer of Surah At-Tur (The Mount) Ayat 48 and 49. Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in Our eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou standest forth. The messenger of Allah must strive his utmost to proclaim the Message of Allah: as for results, it is not for him to command them. He must wait patiently, in the knowledge that he is not forgotten by Allah, but is constantly under Allah's eyes under His loving care and protection. And he must glorify Allah's name, as he is a standard-bearer of Allah's Truth. The translators and Commentators nearly all understand taqumu in the sense of rising up from sleep. But the rendering I have given is consistent with Quranic usage. In 26:218, we have the same two words Hina taqumu, meaning "standing forth (in prayer)". In 57:25, we have ti yaqumu al nas bil al qist, which obviously means "that men may stand forth in Justice," i.e., do all their business injustice. In 78:38, we have yaqumu used for the angels standing forth in ranks. On my rendering the meaning will be: 'celebrate Allah's praises when you stand forth in prayer, or at all times when you go about your business; but also for part of the night and at early dawn when worldly life is at a standstill.' 49. And for part of the night also praise thou Him, - and at the retreat of the stars! It is not necessary to understand this for any particular canonical prayers. It is good to spend a part of the night in prayer and praise: Cf. 73:6. And the Dawn is a daily recurring miracle of nature, full of spiritual influences and "testimony": Cf. 17:78-79. Idbar al nujum: the retreat of the stars: the glorious hour of early dawn. In 113:1, we seek Allah's protection as "Lord of the Dawn". 

Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-as (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah  [SAWW](PBUH) said to me, "O 'Abdullah! Do not be like so-and-so; he used to get up at night for (Tahajjud) optional prayer but abandoned it later.'' [Al-Bukhari Hadith # 1152].

Lesson: as mentioned above in Surah At-Tur Ayat 49. And in the night-time, also glorify His Praises (with Tahajjud optional prayer), and at the setting of the stars” This Hadith also stresses the same point as Ayat 12, that is, man should be grateful to Allah and steadfast in his good doings. There should be no cessation in this respect, otherwise, he will unconsciously begin to incline to evil and, therefore, to the erosion of moral foundations of his character. Steadfastness in the observance of good ensures man's security against pitfalls and has Divine approval, too.