The Qur’an For All Humanity
Day and Night
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DAY AND NIGHT
Yet man prays for evil as fervently as he prays for
good. Truly, man is ever hasty.
We made the night and the day twin marvels. And
We enshrouded the night with darkness and gave
light to the day so that you might seek the bounty
of your Lord and learn to compute the seasons and
the years. We have made all things manifestly
plain to you.
(The Qur’an 17:11-12)
The order of day and night tells us that the way of
God is for darkness to precede light; both are
equally necessary in the divine scheme of things.
Just as there are benefits in the light, so are there
advantages in the darkness. If there were no
difference between day and night, how could man
systematically divide his time between work and
rest?
Man should not run away from darkness and be a
seeker of “light” alone. One with such a desire shall
have to leave this world of God and find another
