And from the night, pray as additional worship for you; perhaps your Lord will raise you to a praised station.
“And from the night, pray as additional worship for you; perhaps your Lord will raise you to a praised station.”
And in part of the night, O Messenger, stand and pray, so that your prayer increases your rank, and seeking for your Lord to raise you to the praised station on the Day of Judgment, as an intercessor for the people from the horrors of the Day of Judgment, and so that you attain the position of the great intercession, for which the first and last will praise you.
The plain meaning, from Al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودًا
And from part of the night, pray with it i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān as additional worship for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station.
What does Quran 17:79 mean?
The night prayer is described here as something extra — beyond what was made obligatory — and it is the only place where a specific station is held out in return. The commentators identify the “praised station” as the great intercession on the Day of Judgement, for which, they say, the first and the last will praise him. The passage begins with the ordinary prayers and ends here, in the part of the night no one sees.
Written from Al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir