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PT. 17 AL-HAJJ CH. 22 ذلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ يُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ That system of punishment. 62 and reward operates because "Allah causes the night to enter into the day, and causes the day to enter into the night, and because Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing. 2491 النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِ وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ ذلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ That is because it is Allah. 63 Who is the Truth, and that مِنْ دُونِهِ هُوَ الْبَاطِلُ وَانَّ اللهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ which they call on beside Him الكبير is falsehood, and because Allah is the High, the Great. 2492 أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللهَ أَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً Hast thou not seen that. 64 ط "Allah sends down water from فَتُصْبِحُ الْأَرْضُ مُخْضَرَّةً إِنَّ اللهَ the sky and the earth becomes "31:30; 35:14; 57:7. 20:115; 23:117; 24:26. 22:6; 30:51; 35:28; 39:22; 45:6. not allowed to take the law into their own hands for the redress of any wrong. They should have recourse to the properly constituted authorities. The verse should be read in conjunction with vv. 39, 40 above which deal with the basic and principal subject of the Surah i. e. jihad. 2491. Commentary: The word (day) in the verse represents power and prosperity and (night) signifies the loss of power combined with decline and decadence. The verse uses this metaphor to point to the fact hinted at in the preceding verse that the night of misery and oppression to which Muslims were subjected for so long was about to pass away and the day of their glory and might was about to dawn. The verse further consoles and 2171 comforts the oppressed Muslims that God is not oblivious of their troubles. From Him nothing is hidden and He hears their prayers. 2492. Commentary: continued in the present verse. It The metaphor of the last verse is purports to say that Muslims will grow and prosper because God is Truth. He has revealed the truth which the Muslims follow and practise. Islam has come to stay because it is truth and truth is invincible while falsehood is perishable. The words "Allah is the High, the Great" signify that it is impossible that a dispensation established by God should fail, as this would constitute a serious reflection on His Greatness and Glory.