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 Surah Ghafir 40:61-65 [7/9]
  
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ٱللَّهُAllah
ٱلَّذِى(is) the One Who
جَعَلَmade
لَكُمُfor you
ٱلَّيْلَthe night
لِتَسْكُنُواْthat you may rest
فِيهِin it,
وَٱلنَّهَارَand the day
مُبْصِرًاۚgiving visibility.
إِنَّIndeed,
ٱللَّهَAllah
لَذُو فَضْلٍ(is) Full (of) Bounty
عَلَىto
ٱلنَّاسِthe people,
وَلَـٰكِنَّbut
أَكْثَرَmost
ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the people
لَا(do) not
يَشْكُرُونَgive thanks.
﴿٦١﴾
ذَٲلِكُمُThat
ٱللَّهُ(is) Allah
رَبُّكُمْyour Lord,
خَـٰلِقُ(the) Creator
كُلِّ(of) all
شَىْءٍthings,
لَّآ(there is) no
إِلَـٰهَgod
إِلَّاexcept
هُوَۖHim.
فَأَنَّىٰSo how
تُؤْفَكُونَare you deluded?
﴿٦٢﴾
كَذَٲلِكَThus
يُؤْفَكُwere deluded
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
كَانُواْwere -
بِـَٔـايَـٰتِ(the) Signs
ٱللَّهِ(of) Allah,
يَجْحَدُونَrejecting.
﴿٦٣﴾
ٱللَّهُAllah
ٱلَّذِى(is) the One Who
جَعَلَmade
لَكُمُfor you
ٱلْأَرْضَthe earth
قَرَارًاa place of settlement
وَٱلسَّمَآءَand the sky
بِنَآءًa canopy
وَصَوَّرَكُمْand He formed you
فَأَحْسَنَand perfected
صُوَرَكُمْyour forms,
وَرَزَقَكُمand provided you
مِّنَof
ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِۚthe good things.
ذَٲلِكُمُThat
ٱللَّهُ(is) Allah,
رَبُّكُمْۖyour Lord.
فَتَبَارَكَThen blessed is
ٱللَّهُAllah,
رَبُّ(the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ(of) the worlds.
﴿٦٤﴾
هُوَHe
ٱلْحَىُّ(is) the Ever-Living;
لَآ(there is) no
إِلَـٰهَgod
إِلَّاbut
هُوَHe,
فَٱدْعُوهُso call Him,
مُخْلِصِينَ(being) sincere
لَهُto Him
ٱلدِّينَۗ(in) the religion.
ٱلْحَمْدُAll praise (be)
لِلَّهِto Allah,
رَبِّ(the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ(of) the worlds.
﴿٦٥﴾


اَللّٰهُ الَّذِىۡ جَعَلَ لَـكُمُ الَّيۡلَ لِتَسۡكُنُوۡا فِيۡهِ وَالنَّهَارَ مُبۡصِرًا ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَذُوۡ فَضۡلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَ لٰـكِنَّ اَكۡثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشۡكُرُوۡنَ‏  ذٰ لِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمۡ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ​ ۘ لَّاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ ​ۚ  فَاَ نّٰى تُؤۡفَكُوۡنَ‏  كَذٰلِكَ يُؤۡفَكُ الَّذِيۡنَ كَانُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ يَجۡحَدُوۡنَ‏   اَللّٰهُ الَّذِىۡ جَعَلَ لَـكُمُ الۡاَرۡضَ قَرَارًا وَّالسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَّصَوَّرَكُمۡ فَاَحۡسَنَ صُوَرَكُمۡ وَرَزَقَكُمۡ مِّنَ الطَّيِّبٰتِ ؕ ذٰ لِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمۡ ​ ۖۚ فَتَبٰـرَكَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ‏  هُوَ الۡحَىُّ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ فَادۡعُوۡهُ مُخۡلِصِيۡنَ لَهُ الدِّيۡنَؕ اَلۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ‏ 

Translation
(40:61) Allah it is Who made the night so that you may seek repose in it, and made the day radiant. Surely Allah is Most Bounteous to people; but most people do not give thanks.85 (40:62) Allah (Who bestowed all these favours upon you) is your Lord, the Creator of everything. There is no god but He.86 Whence are you, then, being led astray?87 (40:63) Thus it is only those who had denied Allah's Signs that were led astray.88 (40:64) Allah it is Who made the earth a dwelling place for you89 and made the sky a canopy,90 Who shaped you � and shaped you exceedingly well � and gave you good things as sustenance.91 That is Allah, your Lord; blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Universe. (40:65) He is the Ever-Living:92 there is no god but He. So call upon Him, consecrating to Him all your devotion.93 All praise and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of the whole Universe.94

Commentary

85. This verse comprises two important themes: First, the night and the day have been presented in it as an argument for Tauhid, because their alternating regularly means that One God alone is ruling over the earth and the sun, and their alternation’s being beneficial for man and other earthly creatures is an express proof of the fact that the same One God is also the Creator of all these things and has devised this system with such great wisdom that it should be beneficial and useful for all His creatures. Secondly, in this verse the atheists and the polytheists have been to realize how great a blessing has Allah bestowed on them in the shape of the night and the day and what ungrateful wretches they are that while they are benefiting from this blessing of His they are being disloyal and rebellious to Him day and night (For father explanation see (Surah Yunus, Ayat 87); (Surah Al-Furqan, Ayat 62), E.Ns thereof).

86. That is, the alternation of the night and day has proved that Allah alone is your Creator as well as of everything else, and the great advantage and benefits that accrue from this alternation for your life, prove that He is your highly Beneficent Lord. After this, it automatically follows that He is your real Deity too. For, it would be entirely against reason and justice that your Creator and Provider should be Allah and your deities others.

87. That is, who is misleading you to think that those who are neither the creators nor providers should deserve to be worshiped by you.

88. That is, in every age the common people have been deluded by the misguides only because the people did not believe in the revelations that Allah sent down through His Messengers to make them understand the truth. Consequently; they were trapped by the selfish, dishonest people, who had set up shrines of false gods as a business.

89. For explanation, see (Surah An-Naml, Ayat 61 and E.N. 74 )on it.

90. That is, you have not been exposed to outer space so that heavenly calamities should rain on you and annihilate you completely, but We have built over the earth a fully fortified celestial system (which appears like a dome to the eye), which does not allow any destructive element to reach you; so much so that even the destructive cosmic rays cannot reach you and that is how you are living peacefully on the earth.

91. That is, We had provided for you such a safe and peaceful place of rest even before your creation. Then We created you and gave you a fine body with most appropriate limbs and physical and mental powers of a high caliber. You did not create this erect stature, these hands and feet, these eyes and nose and ears, this talking tongue and this brain, which is a treasure-house of great capabilities, nor were these created by your mother and father, nor a prophet, or a saint, or a god had the power to create them. Their Maker and Creator was the All-Wise, All-Merciful, All-Mighty Sovereign, Who created Man with this wonderful body to function in the world, when He decided to bring him into being. Then as soon as you were created, you found by His beneficence a vast table laid out with pure provisions containing items of pure food which is not poisonous but health-giving, which is not bitter and tasteless but tasty, which is not rotten and stale and stinking but good smelling, which is not lifeless dregs but rich in vitamins and useful organic substances, so essential for the proper development and nourishment of yew body. Who has provided in such abundance this water, and corn, vegetables, fruits, milk, honey, meat and condiments, which not only add relish to your food but also provide you vitality and pleasures of life? And who has made the arrangements that these measureless granaries of food should go on coming out from the earth endlessly and their supply should never fail? Just consider this: What would have become of life if there had been no arrangement of food and man had been brought into existence suddenly? Is this not a clear proof that Your Creator is not merely a Creator but is an All-Wise Creator and All-Merciful Lord? (For further explanation, see (Surah Houd, Ayat 6); (Surah An-Naml, Ayats 60-66) and the E.Ns thereof):

92. That is, His is the real and true life. He only is living by virtue of His own power. No one else has the eternal and everlasting lift but Him. All others have borrowed and temporary life, which is destined to death and perishable.

93. For explanation, see (E.Ns 3, 4 of Surah Az-Zumar).

94. That is, there is none else the hymns of whose praise may be sung and who may be thanked.