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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 12of 111

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةًۭ لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ تَفْصِيلًۭا﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.

Word-by-word meaning

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We have made
ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖāyatayni(as) two signs
فَمَحَوْنَآfamaḥawnāThen We erased
ءَايَةَāyata(the) sign
ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
وَجَعَلْنَآwajaʿalnāand We made
ءَايَةَāyata(the) sign
ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri(of) the day
مُبْصِرَةًۭmub'ṣiratanvisible
لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūthat you may seek
فَضْلًۭاfaḍlanbounty
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟walitaʿlamūand that you may know
عَدَدَʿadada(the) number
ٱلسِّنِينَl-sinīna(of) the years
وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚwal-ḥisābaand the account
وَكُلَّwakullaAnd every
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
فَصَّلْنَـٰهُfaṣṣalnāhuWe have explained it
تَفْصِيلًۭاtafṣīlan(in) detail

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Night and Day are Signs of the Great Power of AllahAllah reminds us of the great signs that He created, including the alternation of the night and day, so that people may rest at night, and go out and earn a living, do their work, and travel during the day, and so that they may know the number of days, weeks, months and years, so they will know the appointed times for paying debts, doing acts of worship, dealing with transactions, paying rents and so on.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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