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Surah Luqman (Luqman ) 31 : 29

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِىٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Do you not see [i.e., know] that Allāh causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term, and that Allāh, with whatever you do, is Acquainted?

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(31:29:1)
(31:29:2)
tara
you see
(31:29:3)
(31:29:4)
l-laha
Allah
(31:29:5)
yūliju
causes to enter
(31:29:6)
al-layla
the night
(31:29:7)
(31:29:8)
l-nahāri
the day
(31:29:9)
wayūliju
and causes to enter
(31:29:10)
l-nahāra
the day
(31:29:11)
(31:29:12)
al-layli
the night
(31:29:13)
wasakhara
and has subjected
(31:29:14)
l-shamsa
the sun
(31:29:15)
wal-qamara
and the moon
(31:29:16)
kullun
each
(31:29:17)
yajrī
moving
(31:29:18)
ilā
for
(31:29:19)
ajalin
a term
(31:29:20)
musamman
appointed
(31:29:21)
(31:29:22)
l-laha
Allah
(31:29:23)
(31:29:24)
taʿmalūna
you do
(31:29:25)
khabīrun
(is) All-Aware

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Explanatory Note

The fourth presentation tackles the same issue addressed in the previous three, stating that God is the truth while all those they invoke beside Him are false. It speaks of addressing worship purely to God alone and of the Day of Judgement when neither parent nor child can avail the other. Several psychological influences are brought to bear here against a universal background.

The scenes of the night passing into the day and the day passing into the night, as well as their shortening and increase in length with the different seasons are indeed remarkable. However, our long familiarity with them makes most of us oblivious to this wonder that occurs regularly, without fail or disturbance. It follows a regular cycle that never deviates from its set pattern. It is only God who can initiate such a system and maintain it. To appreciate this fact needs no more than observation of this unfailing cycle.

The relation of this cycle to the sun, the moon, their regular movements and their being made subservient is an even greater wonder than the day and night, their shortening and increase in length. No one could do this other than God Almighty. It is He who knows and determines how long they will continue to follow this cycle, until the time He has appointed. Another truism is added to these two universal facts in the same verse: “God is fully aware of all that you do.”

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An examination of the subject matter shows that it was sent down in the period when persecution to suppress and thwart the invitation to Islam had begun. Every sort of plotting had started being employed for this purpose. This is borne out by v.14 in which the young reverts to Islam have been told that although the rights of the parents are the uppermost after God they should not listen to them if they prevented them from accepting Islam or compelled them to revert to the creed of polytheism (Shirk). The same thing has been said in Surah 29: al-‘Ankabut (The Spider) which indicates that both these Surahs were sent down in the same period. A study of the style and subject matter of the two Surahs on the whole however shows that Surah Luqman was sent down earlier for one does not see any sign of the antagonism in its background, though contrary to this while studying Surah 29: al-‘Ankabut (The Spider) one can clearly feel that the Muslims were being severely persecuted during the period of its revelation.

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