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PT. 19 AL-FURQAN CH. 25 وَهُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةً لِمَنْ And He it is Who has made. 63 the night and the day, each following the other, for the benefit of him who desires to remember, or desires to be grateful. 2691 أَرَادَ أَنْ يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًا وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمَنِ الَّذِيْنَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى And the servants of the. 64 Gracious God are those who الْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَ إِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ الْجَهِلُونَ walk on the earth modestly and قَالُوا سَلمان "when the ignorant address them, they say, 'Peace! '2692 a36:38-41. 17:38; 31:19. 28:56. borrowed his spiritual light from the Holy Prophet. About his Companions the Holy Prophet is reported to have said: "My Companions are like stars, whomsoever of them you will follow, you will get right guidance" (Razin). 2691. Commentary: The simile begun in the preceding verse is continued in the present one. The verse purports to say that just as in the physical world day follows night, similarly in the spiritual realm when darkness enshrouds the world God raises a Reformer to give light to it. The words "For him who desires to remember" signify that seekers after true knowledge may ponder over the perfect design that pervades the universe and thus may add to their knowledge and wisdom. The clause "who desires to be grateful" means that men may also think over the numerous benefits they derive from the alternation of day and night and may be grateful to God for His manifold favours. 2692. Commentary: With this verse begins a brief description of the great moral and spiritual revolution which that Sun of 2329 the spiritual firmament—the Holy Prophet brought about among his people. From i. e. the sons of darkness, they became i. e. the servants of the Gracious and Beneficent God. The various qualities of the righteous servants of the Gracious God, referred to in this and the following verses, are the opposite counterparts of the vices from which the people of the Holy Prophet particularly suffered. The Divine attribute i. e. the Gracious, has been specially mentioned to show that the great revolution referred to above was brought about by the teaching of the Quran whose revelation has a direct and intimate connection with this Divine attribute as hinted in the verse i. e. the Gracious God Who taught the Quran (55:2-3). The verse also implies that the lives