Tafsir of Al-Hajj 22:61

Surah Al-Hajj 22:61

ﲉ ﲊ ﲋ ﲌ ﲍ ﲎ ﲏ ﲐ ﲑ ﲒ ﲓ ﲔ ﲕ ﲖ ﲗ

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

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The Creator and Controller of this World is Allah Allah tells:

ذلك بٲن الله يولج الليل في النهار ويولج النهار في الليل

That is because Allah merges the night into the day, and He merges the day into the night. Allah tells us that He is the Creator Who directs the affairs of His creation as He wills. He tells us:

قل اللهم ملك الملك توتى الملك من تشاء وتنزع الملك ممن تشاء وتعز من تشاء وتذل من تشاء بيدك الخير إنك على كل شء قدير

تولج اليل فى النهار وتولج النهار فى اليل وتخرج الحى من الميت وتخرج الميت من الحى وترزق من تشاء بغير حساب

Say: "O Allah! Possessor of the power, You give power to whom You will, and You take power from whom You will, and You endue with honor whom You will, and You humiliate whom You will. In Your Hand is the good. Verily, You are able to do all things. You make the night to enter into the day, and You make the day to enter into the night, You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give wealth and sustenance to whom You will, without limit. (3:26-27) The meaning of "merging'' the night into the day and the day into the night is that the one encroaches upon the other, and vice versa. Sometimes the night is long and the day is short, as in winter, and sometimes the day is long and the night is short, as in summer.

وأن الله سميع بصير

And verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Seer. He hears what His servants say, and He sees them, nothing about them or their movement is hidden from Him whatsoever. When Allah tells us that He is controlling the affairs of all that exists, and that He judges, and there is none to reverse His judgement, He says: