The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4)

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CH. 30 AR-RŪM PT. 21 وَمِنْ أَيْتِهِ مَنَامُكُمْ بِالَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ And among His Signs is. 24 your sleep by night and day, and وَابْتِغَاؤُكُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ اِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ your seeking of His bounty. In لَايْتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ that surely are Signs for a people who hear. 3005 وَمِنْ أَيْتِهِ يُرِ يكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا And one of His Signs is that. 25 "He shows you the lightning as وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءَ فَيُحْيِ بِهِ الْأَرْضَ a source of fear and hope, and بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ sky, and quickens therewith the يَعْقِلُونَ He sends down water from the earth after its death. In that surely are Signs for a people who understand. 3006 وَمِنْ أَيْتِةٍ أَنْ تَقُوْمَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضُ And among His Signs is. 26 بِأَمْرِهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا دَعَاكُمُ دَعْوَةً مِّنَ firm by His command. Then الْأَرْضِ إِذَا أَنْتُمْ تَخْرُجُونَ that the heaven and earth stand when He calls you by a call coming from the earth, behold, you will come forth. 3007 "10:68; 27:87; 28:74. 13:13. 40:14; 42:29. 22:66; 35:42. diversity of tongues and colours. This diversity again points to a design and a Designer. That Designer is the Creator of heavens and earth. Underneath the diversity of tongues and colours which has resulted in diversity of civilizations and cultures there lies a unity-the unity of mankind. This oneness of humanity leads to the inevitable conclusion of the Oneness of its Creator. 3005. Commentary: The alternation of day and night provides one more evidence of the wisdom and intelligence underlying the creation of the universe. Normally man works by day, and needs rest at night to replenish his tired and jaded faculties. 3006. Commentary: A part from the fact that lightning heralds rain which brings fertility and prosperity in its wake, it kills germs of many different diseases and eliminates worms that destroy crops. So, lightning not only causes fear but is also a source of manifold benefits to man. Every element of nature plays its allotted part in the divine scheme of things, thus bearing testimony to God's existence, His great wisdom and 2506 power. 3007. Commentary: At another place in the Quran we