ٱلْإِسْرَاء : ٧٨

  • أَقِمِ Establish
  • ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ the prayer
  • لِدُلُوكِ at the decline
  • ٱلشَّمۡسِ (of) the sun
  • إِلَىٰ till
  • غَسَقِ (the) darkness
  • ٱلَّيۡلِ (of) the night
  • وَقُرۡءَانَ and Quran
  • ٱلۡفَجۡرِۖ at dawn
  • إِنَّ indeed
  • قُرۡءَانَ the Quran
  • ٱلۡفَجۡرِ (at) the dawn
  • كَانَ is
  • مَشۡهُودٗا ever witnessed
Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night1 and [also] the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] of dawn.2 Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
Footnotes
1 i.e., the period which includes the ẓuhr, aṣr, maghrib, and ʿishā’ prayers.
2 i.e., the fajr prayer, in which the recitation of the Qur’ān is prolonged.
Establish prayer from the sun's decline, that is, from after midday, until the dark of night, [until] its darkness has fallen, in other words, [perform prayers] at noon, in the afternoon, at sunset and at night, and the recital [of Al-Qur'an] at dawn, the morning prayer. Verily the dawn recital is ever witnessed, it is witnessed by the angels of the night and the angels of the day.