الصبحConceptThe Morning in the QuranالصبحCosmology10Verses9Surahs14Connections#402of 828

Key Verses

1. 15:66Al-HijrWarning
   وَقَضَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقۡطُوعٞ مُّصۡبِحِينَ
   And We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did wrong) was to be cut at early morn.
   In context

   We made known to Lot by means of revelation the matter that We had decreed, which was that those people will be annihilated by the last of them being destroyed when morning comes.

2. 15:83Al-Hijr
   فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ مُصۡبِحِينَ
   But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour,
   In context

   Then the bolt of the punishment seized them in the morning.

3. 6:96Al-Anam
   فَالِقُ ٱلۡإِصۡبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيۡلَ سَكَنٗا وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ حُسۡبَانٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ
   He is the Cleaver of the Daybreak, and He hath appointed the night for stillness, and the sun and the moon for reckoning. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.
   In context

   He, may He be glorified, splits the light of dawn from the darkness of the night. He is the One Who has made the night still, in which people can take rest from the tiring and hard work of the day. He is the One Who has made the sun and the moon move according to a precise measure.

4. 11:81Hud
   قَالُواْ يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓاْ إِلَيۡكَۖ فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعٖ مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَلَا يَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَكَۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ مَوۡعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبۡحُۚ أَلَيۡسَ ٱلصُّبۡحُ بِقَرِيبٖ
   (The messengers) said: O Lot! Lo! we are messengers of thy Lord; they shall not reach thee. So travel with thy people in a part of the night, and let not one of you turn round - (all) save thy wife. Lo! that which smiteth them will smite her (also). Lo! their tryst is (for) the morning. Is not the morning nigh?
   In context

   The angels said to Lot (peace be upon him) that they were messengers sent by Allah, and that his people would not be able to touch him with their evil. They told him to leave the town at night, when it was dark, with his family.

5. 30:17Ar-RumConsolation
   فَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ حِينَ تُمۡسُونَ وَحِينَ تُصۡبِحُونَ
   So glory be to Allah when ye enter the night and when ye enter the morning -
   In context

   So glorify Allah when you enter the night, the time of the two night prayers: Al-Maghrib and Al-‘Ishā, and also glorify Him when you enter the morning: the time of the Fajr prayer.

6. 37:177As-SaffatCommand
   فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمۡ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ
   But when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morn for those who have been warned.
   In context

   Then when Allah’s punishment comes upon them, what a bad morning will theirs be!

7. 54:38Al-QamarWarning
   وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابٞ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ
   And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
   In context

   In the morning a punishment came to them, which will remain with them until they come to the afterlife and its punishment will come on them.

8. 74:34Al-MuddaththirPraise
   وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
   And the dawn when it shineth forth,
   In context

   He took an oath by the morning when it lights up.

9. 81:18At-Takwir
   وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
   And the breath of morning
   In context

   He took an oath by the morning when its light emerges.

10. 100:3Al-Adiyat
    فَٱلۡمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبۡحٗا
    And scouring to the raid at dawn,
    In context

    And He also takes an oath on the horses that raid the enemy at dawn.