Morning Adhkaar from Quran and Sunnah

What the Believers are doing during their morning:

Allah Almighty says in two ayat:

وَالْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ

“And those who pray and beg Allah’s Pardon in the early morning.” (3:17)

بِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

“In the early morning they are seeking forgiveness.’ (51:18)

The word used for morning here is as-haar which means the very early morning right before the fajr prayer, the time that we have suhoor. This is why some translations will translate as-haar as the last hours of the night, because according to the islamic time it is still considered night. However, other translations say early morning because according to the current world clock, it is past midnight (i.e., a.m. time). The time of as-haar corresponds to the last third of the night, when Allah - Majestic and Glorified - comes down to the lowest heaven to answer the supplications of His servants.

Imam as-Sa’di rahimahullah says in his tafseer,

The subject matter of this ayah [51:18] is the time of as-haar. These believers lengthened their night prayers until the time of the early morning, and then proceeded by seeking the forgiveness of Allah. This special recognition is only for this time, and not for any other time [of the day].

If we look at the order of these two ayaat, we find that they are opposite - the ayah from surah Dhariyat (51) mentions bil as-haar first then al-mustaghfiroon, while the ayah from surah Al-e-Imran (3) mentions al-mustghafireen first then bil as-haar. This is called taqdeem and ta’kheer in Arabic rhetoric, which means that a word in the sentence is brought earlier or delayed.

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