سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ

Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 80

The Believers · Meccan · Juz 18 · Page 347

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ ٱخْتِلَـٰفُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿80﴾
And it is He Who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of night and day. Will you not then understand?
وَهُوَ wahuwa And He
ٱلَّذِى alladhī (is) the One Who
يُحْىِۦ yuḥ'yī gives life
وَيُمِيتُ wayumītu and causes death
وَلَهُ walahu and for Him
ٱخْتِلَـٰفُ ikh'tilāfu (is the) alternation
ٱلَّيْلِ al-layli (of) the night
وَٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ wal-nahāri and the day
أَفَلَا afalā Then will not
تَعْقِلُونَ taʿqilūna you reason

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80-1. That is, the coming of day after night and night after day, then the lengthening and shortening of night and day.

80-2. So that you may understand that all of this is from that one Allah who is dominant over everything and before whom everything is humbled.