وَٱخْتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن رِّزْقٍۢ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَٰحِ ءَايَٰتٌۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَعْقِلُونَ
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سُورَةُ الجَاثِيَةِ
English — Sahih International
And [in] the alternation of night and day and [in] what Allah sends down from the sky of provision and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and [in His] directing of the winds are signs for a people who reason.
اردو — مودودی
اور شب و روز کے فرق و اختلاف میں، اور اُس رزق میں جسے اللہ آسمان سے نازل فرماتا ہے پھر اس کے ذریعہ سے مردہ زمین کو جِلا اٹھاتا ہے، اور ہواؤں کی گردش میں بہت نشانیاں ہیں اُن لوگوں کے لیے جو عقل سے کام لیتے ہیں
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
dan pada pergantian malam dan siang dan hujan yang diturunkan Allah dari langit lalu dihidupkan-Nya dengan air hujan itu bumi sesudah matinya; dan pada perkisaran angin terdapat tanda-tanda (kekuasaan Allah) bagi kaum yang berakal.
Ibn Kathir
Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
A Directive to contemplate over Allah's Ayat
Allah directs His servants to contemplate His favors and gifts, as well as His great power that is demonstrated by His creating the heavens and the earth and the various types and categories of creatures in them. There are the angels, Jinns, humans, animals, birds, beasts, carnivores, insects and various kinds of sea creatures. The night and day alternate, each follows the other in succession, never ceasing to come, as decreed. One brings darkness and one brings light. Allah the Exalted also sends down the rain from the clouds when it is most needed. He is calling the rain, `provision', because it is the resource that produces various provisions,
فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الاٌّرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا
(and revives therewith the earth after its death,) after it was dry and had no vegetation or life of any kind. Allah said next,
وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَـحِ
(and in the turning about of the winds,) sometimes towards the south and sometimes towards the north. Some are easterly winds and some are westerly winds, some bringing sea breezes and some blow from the land, some coming at night and some by day. Some winds bring rain, some cause pollination and some winds just revive the soul, while some others bear no benefit. Allah said first.
لاّيَـتٍ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
(are signs for the believers), then
يُوقِنُونَ
(who have faith with certainty), then
يَعْقِلُونَ
(who understand), thus ascending from one honorable stage to what is more honorable and higher in grade. These Ayat are similar to an Ayah in Surat Al-Baqarah
إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَاخْتِلَـفِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْفُلْكِ الَّتِى تَجْرِى فِى الْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنفَعُ النَّاسَ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مِن مَّآءٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الاٌّرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَـحِ وَالسَّحَابِ الْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ السَّمَآءِ وَالأَرْضِ لآيَـتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
(Verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, and the ships which sail through the sea with that which is of use to mankind, and the water which Allah sends down from the sky and makes the earth alive therewith after its death, and the moving creatures of all kinds that He has spread therein, and in the veering of winds and clouds which are held between the sky and the earth, are indeed signs for people of understanding.) (2:164)
المُيَسَّر
وفي اختلاف الليل والنار وتعاقبهما عليكم وما أنزل الله من السماء من مطر، فأحيا به الأرض بعد يُبْسها، فاهتزت بالنبات والزرع، وفي تصريف الرياح لكم من جميع الجهات وتصريفها لمنافعكم، أدلةٌ وحججٌ لقوم يعقلون عن الله حججه وأدلته.