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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 27
تُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ ۖ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلْحَىِّ ۖ وَتَرْزُقُ مَن تَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ﴿27﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
You make the night to enter into the day, and You make the day to enter into the night (i.e. increase and decrease in the hours of the night and the day during winter and summer), You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give wealth and sustenance to whom You will, without limit (measure or account).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
تُولِجُ
tūliju
You cause to enter
ٱلَّيْلَ
al-layla
the night
فِى
fī
in
ٱلنَّهَارِ
l-nahāri
the day
وَتُولِجُ
watūliju
and You cause to enter
ٱلنَّهَارَ
l-nahāra
the day
فِى
fī
in
ٱلَّيْلِ ۖ
al-layli
the night
وَتُخْرِجُ
watukh'riju
and You bring forth
ٱلْحَىَّ
l-ḥaya
the living
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْمَيِّتِ
l-mayiti
the dead
وَتُخْرِجُ
watukh'riju
and You bring forth
ٱلْمَيِّتَ
l-mayita
the dead
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْحَىِّ ۖ
l-ḥayi
the living
وَتَرْزُقُ
watarzuqu
and You give provision
مَن
man
(to) whom
تَشَآءُ
tashāu
You will
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
حِسَابٍۢ
ḥisābin
measure
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
27. 1. The meaning of merging the night into the day and the day into the night is seasonal changes: when the night becomes longer, the day becomes shorter, and in another season, the opposite happens—the day becomes longer and the night becomes shorter. That is, sometimes a part of the night is merged into the day and sometimes a part of the day is merged into the night, due to which the night and day become shorter or longer.
27. 2. Just as a drop of semen (lifeless) first comes from a living human, then from this lifeless (semen) comes a human; similarly, from a lifeless egg comes a chicken, then from a living chicken comes an egg (lifeless), or from a disbeliever comes a believer and from a believer comes a disbeliever. In some narrations, it is mentioned that Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) complained to the Prophet ﷺ about his debt, so the Prophet ﷺ said: Recite the verse (قُلِ اللّٰهُمَّ مٰلِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَنْ تَشَاۗءُ وَتَنْزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّنْ تَشَاۗءُ ۡ وَتُعِزُّ مَنْ تَشَاۗءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَنْ تَشَاۗءُ ۭبِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ ۭ اِنَّكَ عَلٰي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ) 3:26 and make this supplication (رَحْمَان الدُنْیَا وَلْاآخِرَۃِو رحیمھما تعطی من تشاء منھما رتمنع من تشاء ارحمنی رحمۃ تغنینی بھا عن رحمۃ من سواک اللھم اغننی من الفقر واقض عنی الدین). In another narration, it is mentioned that this is such a supplication that even if you have a debt as big as Mount Uhud, Allah Almighty will arrange for its payment for you. (Majma' al-Zawa'id)
27. 2. Just as a drop of semen (lifeless) first comes from a living human, then from this lifeless (semen) comes a human; similarly, from a lifeless egg comes a chicken, then from a living chicken comes an egg (lifeless), or from a disbeliever comes a believer and from a believer comes a disbeliever. In some narrations, it is mentioned that Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) complained to the Prophet ﷺ about his debt, so the Prophet ﷺ said: Recite the verse (قُلِ اللّٰهُمَّ مٰلِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَنْ تَشَاۗءُ وَتَنْزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّنْ تَشَاۗءُ ۡ وَتُعِزُّ مَنْ تَشَاۗءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَنْ تَشَاۗءُ ۭبِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ ۭ اِنَّكَ عَلٰي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ) 3:26 and make this supplication (رَحْمَان الدُنْیَا وَلْاآخِرَۃِو رحیمھما تعطی من تشاء منھما رتمنع من تشاء ارحمنی رحمۃ تغنینی بھا عن رحمۃ من سواک اللھم اغننی من الفقر واقض عنی الدین). In another narration, it is mentioned that this is such a supplication that even if you have a debt as big as Mount Uhud, Allah Almighty will arrange for its payment for you. (Majma' al-Zawa'id)
