سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 80
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ ٱخْتِلَـٰفُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿80﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And it is He Who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of night and day. Will you not then understand?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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80. And He is the One who gives life and causes death [81], and the alternation of night and day is in His control. Will you not then understand?
[81]
The Alternation of Night and Day:
That is, in this world, at every moment, He continues to bring forth the living from the dead and the dead from the living. If you reflect, you can find dozens of such examples within yourself and in your surroundings. Likewise, He brings forth light from darkness and then causes the light to be lost again in darkness. The alternation of day and night, the gradual decrease in the length of days and the increase in the length of nights, and conversely, the shortening of nights and the lengthening of days, then the changes and alternations of the seasons—all these things are under His control. Then can you not understand that the Being who possesses such immense powers is also capable of gathering you together and presenting you before Himself? According to the current theory, our earth has two types of rotations: one daily, that is, around its axis in 24 hours, and the other annual, around the sun at an angle of sixty-six and a half degrees. From this, day and night come into existence and changes occur in the seasons. This is merely a difference of theory; as far as Allah’s power is concerned, everyone must acknowledge it in any case. In fact, in the current theory, the power of Allah Almighty becomes even more evident, Who has set our earth and even much larger celestial bodies in motion in such a way that they do not deviate in the least, nor can they.
[81]
The Alternation of Night and Day:
That is, in this world, at every moment, He continues to bring forth the living from the dead and the dead from the living. If you reflect, you can find dozens of such examples within yourself and in your surroundings. Likewise, He brings forth light from darkness and then causes the light to be lost again in darkness. The alternation of day and night, the gradual decrease in the length of days and the increase in the length of nights, and conversely, the shortening of nights and the lengthening of days, then the changes and alternations of the seasons—all these things are under His control. Then can you not understand that the Being who possesses such immense powers is also capable of gathering you together and presenting you before Himself? According to the current theory, our earth has two types of rotations: one daily, that is, around its axis in 24 hours, and the other annual, around the sun at an angle of sixty-six and a half degrees. From this, day and night come into existence and changes occur in the seasons. This is merely a difference of theory; as far as Allah’s power is concerned, everyone must acknowledge it in any case. In fact, in the current theory, the power of Allah Almighty becomes even more evident, Who has set our earth and even much larger celestial bodies in motion in such a way that they do not deviate in the least, nor can they.
