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سورة الحَجّ

Surah Al-Hajj 22:61

The Pilgrimage · Verse 61 of 78

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

That (system of requital) is to prove that it is Allâh Who makes the night gain on the day and makes the day gain on the night and that Allâh is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That is because Allah merges night into day, and He merges day into night, and verily it is Allah Who hears and sees (all things).

Ahmed Ali

That is so for God turns night into day and day into night, for God is all-hearing and all-seeing;

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Ali Unal

So (will He do), because God makes the night pass into the day and makes the day pass into the night, and God is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

Daryabadi

That is to be because Allah plungeth the night into the day and plungeth the day into the night, and because He is Hearing, Beholding.

Faridul Haque

This is because Allah inserts the night into a part of the day and inserts the day into a part of the night, and because Allah is All Hearing, All Seeing.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

That is because Allah causes the night to enter into the day and causes the day to enter into the night, and because Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

Maulvi Sher Ali

That system of punishment operates to show that it is ALLAH Who causes the night to enter into the day and causes the day to enter into the night, and that ALLAH is All-Hearing, All-Seeing,

Muhammad Asad

Thus it is, because God [is almighty - the One who] makes the night grow longer by shortening the day, and makes the day grow longer by shortening the night; and because God is all-hearing, all-seeing.

Muhammad Musin Khan

That is because Allah merges the night into the day, and He merges the day into the night. And verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Seer.

Muhammad Pickthall

That is because Allah maketh the night to pass into the day and maketh the day to pass into the night, and because Allah is Hearer, Seer.

Muhammad Sarwar

God causes the night to enter the day and the day to enter the night. He is All-hearing and All-aware.

Muhammed ali Shakir

That is because Allah causes the night to enter into the day and causes the day to enter into the night, and because Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

Rashad Khalifa

It is a fact that GOD merges the night into the day, and merges the day into the night, and that GOD is Hearer, Seer.

Shabbir Ahmed

Thus it is, because God (is Omnipotent and He) merges the night into the day and merges the day into the night. God is Hearer, Seeing.

Commentary 22:61 Nahârالنَّهَار stands for power and prosperity and Lail لَّيْلِ the loss of power. Thus “making the night gain on the day” refers here to the turn of…

ذَ‌ٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ

22:61 Nahârالنَّهَار stands for power and prosperity and Lail لَّيْلِ the loss of power. Thus “making the night gain on the day” refers here to the turn of fortune, in the form of the rise and fall of nations.