Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 31 Luqman, Ayat 29-29
اَلَمۡ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُوۡلِجُ الَّيۡلَ فِى النَّهَارِ وَيُوۡلِجُ النَّهَارَ فِى الَّيۡلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمۡسَ وَالۡقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَّجۡرِىۡۤ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَّاَنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ خَبِيۡرٌ
﴿31:29﴾
(31:29) Do you not see that Allah makes the night phase into the day and
makes the day phase into the night and has subjected the sun and the moon50
to His will so that each of them is pursuing its course till an appointed time?
(Do you not know that)51 Allah is well aware of all that you do?
Notes
51. That is, nothing in the world, whether the sun or the moon, or any other
star or planet, in the universe, is eternal and ever-lasting. Everything has
a term for it and can function only till its expiry. Everything has a beginning
in time before which it was not there and an end in time after which it will
not be there. This means to imply that such temporal and powerless things cannot
become the deities of men.
52. That is, “The real Sovereign is Allah. He alone is the real Owner of power
and authority over the creation and its disposal.”