Page 230 - General Knowledge from the Qur'an

228 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

night and made the Sign of the day a time for seeing so that you can
seek favour from your Lord and will know the number of years and
the reckoning of time. We have made all things very clear. (Surat al-
Isra', 12)
It is He Who gives life and causes to die and His is the alternation of
the night and day. So will you not use your intellect? (Surat al-Mu'mi-
nun, 80)
Allah revolves night and day. There is surely a lesson in that for peo-
ple with inner sight. (Surat an-Nur, 44)
He makes night merge into day and day merge into night, and He
has made the sun and moon subservient, each one running until a
specified time. That is Allah, your Lord. The Kingdom is His. Those
you call on besides Him have no power over even the smallest speck.
(Surah Fatir, 13)
Allah is He Who appointed the night for you so that you might rest
in it, and the day for seeing. Allah pours out His favour on mankind
but most people do not show thanks. (Surah Ghafir, 61)

THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six
days and then settled Himself firmly on the Throne. He covers the day
with the night, each pursuing the other urgently; and the sun and
moon and stars are subservient to His command. Both creation and
command belong to Him. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
(Surat al-A'raf, 54)
It is He Who created everything on the earth for you and then di-
rected His attention up to heaven and arranged it into seven regular
heavens. He has knowledge of all things. (Surat al-Baqara, 29)

PERIODS OF MONTHS AND WEEKS
It is He Who splits the sky at dawn, and appoints the night as a time of
stillness and the sun and moon as a means of reckoning. That is what the
Almighty, the All-Knowing has ordained. (Surat al-An'am, 96)
It is He Who appointed the sun to give radiance, and the moon to
give light, assigning it phases so you would know the number of years