قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلنَّهَارَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِلَيْلٍۢ تَسْكُنُونَ فِيهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
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سُورَةُ القَصَصِ
English — Sahih International
Say, "Have you considered: if Allah should make for you the day continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allah could bring you a night in which you may rest? Then will you not see?"
اردو — مودودی
اِن سے پوچھو، کبھی تم نے سوچا کہ اگر اللہ قیامت تک تم پر ہمیشہ کے لیے دن طاری کر دے تو اللہ کے سوا وہ کونسا معبُود ہے جو تمہیں رات لا دے تاکہ تم اس میں سکون حاصل کر سکو؟ کیا تم کو سُوجھتا نہیں؟
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Katakanlah: "Terangkanlah kepadaku, jika Allah menjadikan untukmu siang itu terus menerus sampai hari kiamat, siapakah Tuhan selain Allah yang akan mendatangkan malam kepadamu yang kamu beristirahat padanya? Maka apakah kamu tidak memperhatikan?"
Ibn Kathir
Night and Day are among the Blessings of Allah and are Signs of Tawhid
Allah reminds His servants of His favors towards them by subjugating for them the night and day, without which they could not survive. He explains that if He made the night continuous, lasting until the Day of Resurrection, that would be harmful for them and would cause boredom and stress. So He says:
مَنْ إِلَـهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِضِيَآءٍ
(which god besides Allah could bring you light) meaning, `with which you could see things and which would bring you relief'
أَفَلاَ تَسْمَعُونَ
(Will you not then hear) Then Allah tells us that if He had made the day continuous, lasting until the Day of Resurrection, that would also be harmful for them and their bodies would get tired from so much movement and activity. Allah says:
مَنْ إِلَـهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِلَيْلٍ تَسْكُنُونَ فِيهِ
(which god besides Allah could bring you night wherein you rest) meaning, `to rest from your work and activity.'
أَفلاَ تُبْصِرُونَوَمِن رَّحْمَتِهِ
(Will you not then see It is out of His mercy) towards you,
جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ
(that He has made for you the night and the day) He created both,
لِتَسْكُنُواْ فِيهِ
(that you may rest therein) during the night,
وَلِتَبْتَغُواْ مِن فَضْلِهِ
(and that you may seek of His bounty) during the day, by traveling, moving about and working.
وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
(and in order that you may be grateful.) So that you may give thanks to Allah by performing all kinds of acts of worship at night and during the day. Whoever misses something during the night can make it up during the day, and vice versa. This is like the Ayah,
وَهُوَ الَّذِى جَعَلَ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةً لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُوراً
(And He it is Who has put the night and the day in succession, for such who desires to remember or desires to show his gratitude.) (25:62). And there are many similar Ayat.
المُيَسَّر
قل لهم: أخبروني إن جعل الله عليكم النهار دائمًا إلى يوم القيامة، مَن إله غير الله يأتيكم بليل تستقرون وتهدؤون فيه؟ أفلا ترون بأبصاركم اختلاف الليل والنهار؟