Surah Sad 38:18 — translation and meaning

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إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهُ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِشْرَاقِ

Word by Word

إِنَّا
inna
Indeed We
سَخَّرْنَا
sakharna
subjected
الْجِبَالَ
al-jibala
the mountains
مَعَهُ
ma'ahu
with him
يُسَبِّحْنَ
yusabbih'na
glorifying
بِالْعَشِيِّ
bil-'ashiyi
in the evening
وَالْإِشْرَاقِ
wal-ish'raqi
and [the] sunrise

Transliteration

Innaa sakhkharnal jibaala ma'ahoo yusabbihna bil'ashaiyi wal ishraaq

Translation

Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allah] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I subjugated the mountains with David. They would exalt with his exalting at the end of the day and its beginning at sunrise.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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