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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

Verse 61of 78

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌۭ﴿٦١

Translation (Sahih International)

That is because Allah causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and because Allah is Hearing and Seeing.

Word-by-word meaning

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّbi-anna(is) because
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُولِجُyūlijucauses to enter
ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
فِىin (to)
ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahārithe day
وَيُولِجُwayūlijuand causes to enter
ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe day
فِىin (to)
ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
سَمِيعٌۢsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
بَصِيرٌۭbaṣīrunAll-Seer

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Creator and Controller of this World is AllahAllah tells us that He is the Creator Who directs the affairs of His creation as He wills. He tells us:قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مَـلِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِى الْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ - تُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِى الْنَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِى الَّيْلِ وَتُخْرِجُ الْحَىَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ الَمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَىِّ وَتَرْزُقُ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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