The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 494
CH. 92 PT. 30 (AL-LAIL) 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. سُورَةُ اليْلِ مَكَّيَّةٌ ۹۲ ياتها ٢٢ بِسمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلى وَمَا خَلَقَ الذَّكَرَ وَ الأنقى 2. "By the night when it covers up!4750 3. And by the day when it 4751 shines forth,44 4. And by the creation of the male and the female, 4752 "See 1:1. 91:5. 91:4. d36:37; 51:50; 78:9. 4750. Commentary: In this verse "the night when it covers up" has been cited as a witness to the truth of the Holy Prophet. It is a Divine law that when darkness spreads over the earth, a heavenly Reformer is raised. And now that humanity is groping in spiritual darkness God has raised the Holy Prophet in order that His servants might be rescued from the "Slough of Despond" in which they are stuck up. In the preceding Surah the principal subject of discussion was Ash-Shams, i. e. the Holy Prophet, who is the source and spring of all light. This is why mention of the sun and the day precedes that of the moon and the night. But in the present Surah a contrast is instituted between believers and disbelievers, and as the latter are generally larger in number and wield greater power and influence, mention of the night precedes that of the day. 4751. Commentary: The verse signifies that with the appearance of the Holy Prophet the night of disbelief is about to give place to the day of belief. By the substitution of the word (shines forth) in this verse in place of (% (reveals its glory) in the corresponding verse in the preceding Surah it is hinted that whereas in the preceding Surah the emphasis was on the high spiritual stature of the teacher, in the present Surah it is on the great ability of the pupils to learn and assimilate the teaching. 4752. Commentary: 3390 Procreation of man depends upon the coming together of two individuals of opposite sexes. The characteristic quality of the one (the male) is to give, of the other (the female) to receive. Like the physical world there are in the spiritual world males God's great Prophets and Divine Reformers who teach and