Yusuf:
"… He is the Most Merciful of the merciful."
There is no doubt that the alternation of day and night is one
of the countless blessings created by Allah for humanity. In order to
understand this better, our Lord draws our attention to these things
in the Qur'an:
Say: "What do you think? If Allah made it permanent night for
you till the Day of Rising, what god is there other than Allah
to bring you light? Do you not then hear?"
Say: "What do you think? If Allah made it permanent day for
you till the Day of Rising, what god is there other than Allah
to bring you night to rest in? Do you not then see?'"(Surat al-
Qasas: 71-72)
Allah created the conditions, balances and systems necessary
for day and night, in the absence of one of which, only Allah could
help. If Allah wanted, He could create continual day or continual
night, but living things could not survive under such conditions. If
such conditions ever came about, life on earth would come to an
end. There is no doubt that Allah creates day and night in perfect
order providing an environment in which living things can survive.
This is a sign of His endless compassion and mercy. In the verse fol-
lowing the previous one, our Lord says the following:
But part of His mercy is that He has made both night and day
for you so that you can have your rest and seek His bounty,
and so that hopefully you will be thankful. (Surat al-Qasas: 73)
It is only those who use their minds to consider the creation
and who come to fear Allah, that is, who live according to the
Qur'an, who reflect on the reasons for the orderly alteration of day
and night. Allah reveals this in a few verses:
In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alterna-
tion of night and day, there are Signs for people with intelli-
gence. (Surah Al 'Imran: 190)
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