The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 619
PT. 21 LUQMAN CH. 31 اَلَمْ تَرَاَنَّ اللهَ يُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ Hast thou not seen that. 30 "Allah makes the night pass into وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ the day, and makes the day pass وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِي إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَ انَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ into the night, and "He has pressed the sun and the moon into service; each pursuing its course till an appointed term, and that Allah is Aware of what you do?3053 ذلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَاَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ That is because it is Allah. 31 alone Who is the True God, and مِنْ دُونِهِ الْبَاطِلُ وَ اَنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ whatever they call upon beside الكَبِيرُة 700- Him is falsehood, and because it is Allah alone Who is the Most High, the Incomparably Great, 3054 "22:62; 35:14; 57:7. b7:55; 13:3; 35:14; 39:6. subject to the same laws of nature and that the doors of progress and advancement are equally open to all of them and, therefore, they themselves can be as great as those whose greatness inspires them with such awe that they take them for gods. The verse may point to yet another very important fact, viz. that the rise or fall of nations and communities is subject to the same laws of nature as is the progress or degradation of individuals. 3053. Commentary: The verse under comment further develops the theme of its predecessor and says that nations and individuals advance and decay as they observe or ignore the laws that govern their rise or and fall. Uniform prosperity unrelieved misery has never been the lot of a people for all time. The condition of a people or individual changes with a corresponding change in their or his attitude and behaviour. The natural law of the day following the night, and vice versa operates with equal force in regard to the fate of nations as well as individuals. 3054. Commentary: 2533 The verse means to say that the whole phenomenon of the creation of universe and the laws that govern it and also those that determine the rise and fall of nations lead to but one conclusion that Allah is the Only True God, and that all else is false and perishable.