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قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلنَّهَارَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِلَيْلٍۢ تَسْكُنُونَ فِيهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ﴿٧٢

Translation (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?"

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumHave you seen
إِنinif
جَعَلَjaʿalaAllah made
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah made
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you
ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe day
سَرْمَدًاsarmadancontinuous
إِلَىٰilātill
يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
مَنْmanwho
إِلَـٰهٌilāhun(is the) god
غَيْرُghayrubesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
يَأْتِيكُمyatīkumwho could bring you
بِلَيْلٍۢbilaylinnight
تَسْكُنُونَtaskunūna(for) you (to) rest
فِيهِ ۖfīhiin it
أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnayou see

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Night and Day are among the Blessings of Allah and are Signs of TawhidAllah 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.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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