Surah Naml ayat 86 Tafsir Quran 27:86

﴿أَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا فِيهِ وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ﴾
[ النمل: 86]

27:86 Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

Do they not see that We made We created the night that they like others may rest in it and the day for sight? meaning for people to see in it so that they may go about their business therein. Surely in that there are signs indications of His power exalted be He for a people who believe — they the believers are singled out for mention because they benefit from such signs in their faith in contrast to the disbelievers.

Did they not see that We designated for them a period of darkness - the night- to take their natural repose and recuperate*, and a period filled with light -the day- to have clear perception of things and acquire experience of the activities of human existence! phenomena emblematic indeed of Allahs Omnipotence and Authority that are appreciated and faithfully recognized by people who bow down their ears to the truth

Gathering the Wrongdoers on the Day of Resurrection Allah tells us about the Day of Resurrection when the wrongdoers who disbelieved in the signs and Messengers of Allah will be gathered before Allah, so that He will ask them about what they did in this world, rebuking, scolding and belittling them. وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ فَوْجاً ( And the Day when We shall gather out of every nation, a Fawj ) means, from every people and generation a group مِّمَّن يُكَذِّبُ بِـَايَـتِنَا ( of those who denied Our Ayat ).
This is like the Ayat: احْشُرُواْ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزْوَجَهُمْ ( "Assemble those who did wrong, together with their companions (from the devils ).") ( 37:22 ) وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ( And when the souls are joined with their bodies ) ( 81:7 ). فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ ( and they shall be driven, ) Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "They will be pushed." `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said: "They will be driven." حَتَّى إِذَا جَآءُوا ( Till, when they come, ) and stand before Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, in the place of reckoning, قَالَ أَكَذَّبْتُم بِـَايَـتِى وَلَمْ تُحِيطُواْ بِهَا عِلْماًكُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ( He will say: "Did you deny My Ayat whereas you comprehended them not by knowledge, or what was it that you used to do" ) meaning they will be asked about their beliefs and their deeds.
Since they are among the doomed and, as Allah says: فَلاَ صَدَّقَ وَلاَ صَلَّى - وَلَـكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى ( He neither believed nor performed Salah! But on the contrary, he denied and turned away! ) ( 75:31-32 ) Then the proof will be established against them and they will have no excuse whatsoever, as Allah says: هَـذَا يَوْمُ لاَ يَنطِقُونَ - وَلاَ يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ ( That will be a Day when they shall not speak.
And they will not be permitted to put forth any excuse ) ( 77:35-36 ).
Similarly, Allah says here: وَوَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُواْ فَهُمْ لاَ يَنطِقُونَ ( And the Word will be fulfilled against them, because they have done wrong, and they will be unable to speak. ) They will be stunned and speechless, unable to give any answer.
This is because they wronged themselves in the world, and now they have returned to the One Who sees the unseen and the seen, from Whom nothing can be hidden.
Then Allah points out His complete power, immense authority and greatness, all dictating that He is to be obeyed and that His commands must be followed, and that the message of inescapable truth brought by His Prophets must be believed in.
Allah says: أَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُواْ فِيهِ ( See they not that We have made the night for them to rest therein, ) Due to the darkness of the night they halt their activities and calm themselves down, to recover from the exhausting efforts of the day. وَالنَّهَـارَ مُبْصِـراً ( and the day sight-giving ) meaning filled with light, so that they can work and earn a living, and travel and engage in business, and do other things that they need to do. إِنَّ فِى ذلِكَ لآيَـتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ( Verily, in this are Ayat for the people who believe. )

(27:86) Did they not perceive that We had ordained the night for them to have rest in it, and made the day bright? *104 Surely in this there were many Signs for those who believed. *105

Do they not see that We made meaning

*104) That is, " Two out of the countless signs were such which they were observing at all times, whose benefits they were enjoying every moment, and which were not hidden even from a blind or deaf or dumb person.
While they benefited by the rest at night and the opportunities afforded by the day, why did they not think that it is a system devised by an All-Wise Being, Who has established the relationship between the sun and the earth precisely to meet their requirements and needs ? This cannot be a mere accident, for it clearly manifests purposefulness, wisdom and planning, which cannot be the characteristic of the blind forces of nature, nor the work of many gods.
It can only be a system established by the One Creator and Master and Disposer, Who is ruling over the earth, the moon, the sun and all other planets.
From the observation of this single phenomenon they could judge that the alternation of the day and night testified to the truth that We have conveyed through Our Messenger and Our Book. "
*105) That is, " It was not something incomprehensible either.
There were among their own relatives, their own clan and their own brotherhood people like themselves, who had seen the same very Signs and believed that the creed of Godworship and Tauhid towards which the Prophet was inviting them was precisely in accordance with the truth and reality. "
 

Gathering the Wrongdoers on the Day of Resurrection Allah tells us about the Day of Resurrection when the wrongdoers who disbelieved in the signs and Messengers of Allah will be gathered before Allah, so that He will ask them about what they did in this world, rebuking, scolding and belittling them. وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ فَوْجاً ( And the Day when We shall gather out of every nation, a Fawj ) means, from every people and generation a group مِّمَّن يُكَذِّبُ بِـَايَـتِنَا ( of those who denied Our Ayat ).
This is like the Ayat: احْشُرُواْ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزْوَجَهُمْ ( "Assemble those who did wrong, together with their companions (from the devils ).") ( 37:22 ) وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ( And when the souls are joined with their bodies ) ( 81:7 ). فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ ( and they shall be driven, ) Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "They will be pushed." `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said: "They will be driven." حَتَّى إِذَا جَآءُوا ( Till, when they come, ) and stand before Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, in the place of reckoning, قَالَ أَكَذَّبْتُم بِـَايَـتِى وَلَمْ تُحِيطُواْ بِهَا عِلْماًكُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ( He will say: "Did you deny My Ayat whereas you comprehended them not by knowledge, or what was it that you used to do" ) meaning they will be asked about their beliefs and their deeds.
Since they are among the doomed and, as Allah says: فَلاَ صَدَّقَ وَلاَ صَلَّى - وَلَـكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى ( He neither believed nor performed Salah! But on the contrary, he denied and turned away! ) ( 75:31-32 ) Then the proof will be established against them and they will have no excuse whatsoever, as Allah says: هَـذَا يَوْمُ لاَ يَنطِقُونَ - وَلاَ يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ ( That will be a Day when they shall not speak.
And they will not be permitted to put forth any excuse ) ( 77:35-36 ).
Similarly, Allah says here: وَوَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُواْ فَهُمْ لاَ يَنطِقُونَ ( And the Word will be fulfilled against them, because they have done wrong, and they will be unable to speak. ) They will be stunned and speechless, unable to give any answer.
This is because they wronged themselves in the world, and now they have returned to the One Who sees the unseen and the seen, from Whom nothing can be hidden.
Then Allah points out His complete power, immense authority and greatness, all dictating that He is to be obeyed and that His commands must be followed, and that the message of inescapable truth brought by His Prophets must be believed in.
Allah says: أَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُواْ فِيهِ ( See they not that We have made the night for them to rest therein, ) Due to the darkness of the night they halt their activities and calm themselves down, to recover from the exhausting efforts of the day. وَالنَّهَـارَ مُبْصِـراً ( and the day sight-giving ) meaning filled with light, so that they can work and earn a living, and travel and engage in business, and do other things that they need to do. إِنَّ فِى ذلِكَ لآيَـتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ( Verily, in this are Ayat for the people who believe. )

( Have they not ) the disbelievers of Mecca ( seen how We have appointed the night that they may rest therein, and the day sight giving ) and the day bright, so that they seek their livelihood? ( Lo! Therein ) in that which We have done to them ( verily are portents ) signs ( for a people who believe ) for people who have faith.

See they not that We have made the night for them to rest therein, and the day sight-giving? Verily, in this are Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) for the people who believe.

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