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Surah ar-Ra`d (The Thunder ) 13 : 10

سَوَآءٌ مِّنكُم مَّنْ أَسَرَّ ٱلْقَوْلَ وَمَن جَهَرَ بِهِۦ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍۭ بِٱلَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌۢ بِٱلنَّهَارِ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
It is the same [to Him] concerning you whether one conceals [his] speech or one publicizes it and whether one is hidden by night or conspicuous [among others] by day.

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Word Arabic word
(13:10:1)
sawāon
(It is) same (to Him)
(13:10:2)
(13:10:3)
(13:10:4)
asarra
conceals
(13:10:5)
l-qawla
the speech
(13:10:6)
(13:10:7)
jahara
publicizes
(13:10:8)
(13:10:9)
(13:10:10)
(13:10:11)
mus'takhfin
(is) hidden
(13:10:12)
bi-al-layli
by night
(13:10:13)
wasāribun
or es freely
(13:10:14)
bil-nahāri
by day

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Explanatory Note

The contrast is very clear in this verse. But the arresting point is the use of the Arabic word, sārib, which is translated as ‘walking openly’. Its implication suggesting almost the opposite impression of its meaning. The shade it casts is akin to stealth or something hiding, while it means ‘going or moving in the open’. Motion here is the intended feature as contrasted with using the dark night for cover. This shows that both the fine sound of the word and its shades are the cause of its use, so that the general atmosphere remains undisturbed.

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7. Period of Revelation

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The internal evidence (v. 27-31 and v. 34-48) shows that this Surah was revealed in the last stage of the Mission of the Prophet at Makkah and during the same period in which Surah 7: al-A’raf (The Elevations), Surah 10: Yunus (Jonah) and Surah 11: Hud (Hud) and were sent down.

On the one hand the Prophet’s opponents had been scheming different devices to defeat him and his Mission and on the other his followers had been expressing a desire that by showing a miracle the disbelievers might be brought to the Right Way. In answer, God impressed on the Believers that it is not His way to revert people by this method and that they should not lose heart if He is giving the enemies of the Truth a rope long enough to hang themselves. Otherwise, He is able to show such signs as may bring the dead out of their graves and make them speak (v. 31). But even then these obdurate people will invent an excuse to explain this away. All this decisive evidence clearly proves that this Surah was revealed during the last stage of the Prophet’s Mission at Makkah.

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