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24 Hours in the Life of a Muslim
24 Hours in the Life of a Muslim

Going to bed at night

For all thinking people, there are many matters to reflect on in
the creation of the night. Our Lord announced this to human beings
in the following verse of the Qur'an: "A Sign for them is the night:
We peel the day away from it and there they are in darkness."
(Surah Ya Sin: 37) One of these matters is hidden in the gradual dis-
appearance of the light and the darkening of the sky. Because of
this slow transition, living things easily become
accustomed to the differences in light and
temperature between day and night and
suffer no harm because of them. Allah, with
His supreme knowledge and power, has
mercy on His servants and all living things,
and He gives this blessing to all people but
most do not think of it even once in
their lives.
When a person who lives by
the values of the Qur'an
considers these things,

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