An-Naba 78:11

An-Naba 78:11 - Linguistic Miracle

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا

“And made the day for livelihood”

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Linguistic Miracle

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And made the day, life/ a time of life?


Commentary covering verses 10–11

There are two options regarding the word معاش - translated as life/ time of life. It is a verbal noun and hence معاش would mean life itself.

It can also be a ظرف - which denotes the time or the place an action is carried out

on and hence, in this view, it would mean time of life. I have put both options in the translation as both are equally plausible and it will all come together later when I tie everything together.