The Guiding Light — Page 291
S u rah A l-e- ‘ Imr a n, Chapter 3, Verses 191-195 291 t Ï % © ! $ # t βρ ã ä. õ ‹ t ƒ © ! $ # $ V ϑ≈ u Š Ï % # Y Š θ ã è è % u ρ 4 ’ n ? t ã u ρ ö Ν Î γ Î / θ ã Ζ ã _ t βρ ã ¤ 6 x t G t ƒ u ρ ’ Î û È , ù = y z Ï N ≡ u θ≈ u Κ ¡ ¡ 9 $ # Ç Ú ö ‘ F { $ # u ρ $ u Ζ − / u ‘ $ t Β | M ø ) n = y z # x ‹ ≈ y δ W ξ Ï Ü ≈ t / y 7 o Ψ≈ y s ö 6 ß ™ $ o Ψ É ) s ù z ># x ‹ t ã Í ‘$ ¨ Ζ9 $ # ∩∪ [3:192] Those who remember Allah while standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and ponder over the creation of the heavens and the earth: “Our Lord, Thou hast not created this in vain; nay , Holy art Thou; save us, then, from the punishment of the Fire. Commentary Such a grand system to which an allusion has been made in the previous verse could certainly not have been brought into being without a definite purpose. The phenomenon of day and night referred to in the preceding verse affords an illustration of how this purpose is served. With the rising of the sun the whole world is illuminated, and men begin to work. Then night falls and the light of the sun is hidden from our view and men go to sleep, but even then some heavenly bodies are busy doing their allotted