سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 86
أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿86﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
See they not that We have made the night for them to rest therein, and the day sight-giving? Verily, in this are Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) for the people who believe.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they see
أَنَّا
annā
that We
جَعَلْنَا
jaʿalnā
[We] have made
ٱلَّيْلَ
al-layla
the night
لِيَسْكُنُوا۟
liyaskunū
that they may rest
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
وَٱلنَّهَارَ
wal-nahāra
and the day
مُبْصِرًا ۚ
mub'ṣiran
giving visibility
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِى
fī
in
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢ
laāyātin
surely (are) Signs
لِّقَوْمٍۢ
liqawmin
for a people
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
who believe
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 86) {اَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّا جَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوْا فِيْهِ …:} When the Resurrection was mentioned, as evidence for it, the night’s sleep and darkness were mentioned, which is a kind of death, and the day’s awakening and brightness were mentioned, which is life. (See Zumar: 42) That is, have they not seen that this cycle of death and life comes before their eyes every day, rather, it passes over their own selves, in which there are also the blessings of rest and the seeking of sustenance for them. These two signs alone are sufficient for those people who want to believe in the Resurrection.
