The Holy Quran 51:18 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat

Arabic text

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

Translation

During the closing portions of the night they would be seeking forgiveness (from Allaah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The qualities of the doers of good and the people of taqwa: that is, they spent most of the night in the worship of Allah, and at the time of sahar (the last part of the night before dawn), when the night was coming to an end, they asked Allah’s forgiveness for their shortcomings: “O Allah, we could not fulfil the due of servitude to You.

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