Surah 28 Al-Qasas — Ayah 73
وَمِن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
Цуьнан къинхетамах ду-кх Цо шуна буьйса а‚ де а хилийтар аша шена чохь садаIа а‚ Цуьнан ниIмат лаха а - шу хила мегара баркалла олуш".
wamin raḥmatihi jaʿala lakumu al-layla wal-nahāra litaskunū fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihi walaʿallakum tashkurūna
Word by word
- وَمِن wamin And from
- رَّحْمَتِهِۦ raḥmatihi His Mercy
- جَعَلَ jaʿala He made
- لَكُمُ lakumu for you
- ٱلَّيْلَ al-layla the night
- وَٱلنَّهَارَ wal-nahāra and the day
- لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ litaskunū that you may rest
- فِيهِ fīhi therein
- وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ walitabtaghū and that you may seek
- مِن min from
- فَضْلِهِۦ faḍlihi His Bounty
- وَلَعَلَّكُمْ walaʿallakum and so that you may
- تَشْكُرُونَ tashkurūna be grateful
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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:
(which god besides Allah could bring you light) meaning, `with which you could see things and which would bring you relief'
(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:
(which god besides Allah could bring you night wherein you rest) meaning, `to rest from your work and activity.'
(Will you not then see It is out of His mercy) towards you,
(that He has made for you the night and the day) He created both,
(that you may rest therein) during the night,
(and that you may seek of His bounty) during the day, by traveling, moving about and working.
(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,
(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.