An-Naml 27:86
The Ant · Meccan · Juz 20 · Page 384
Night and Day
أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِيَسۡكُنُواْ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبۡصِرًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتࣲ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٨٦
Have they not seen how We have appointed the night that they may rest therein, and the day sight-giving? Lo! therein verily are portents for a people who believe.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
We made the night for them to rest in and the day giving sight.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, seeing here is with the heart, not the eye; night and day are seen by the eye, but their wisdom is grasped by reason.
Reflect
Rest by night and work by day with gratitude.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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