Page 105 - The Glory in the Heavens

What is more important is that plants that need

both night and day to live would quickly disappear.

Eventually this would mean the end of life.

However, Our Lord has created night and day to
make our lives easy. By creating night and day, He has

put our lives into order. The reasons for the creation of

night and day are stated in the Qur'an as follows:

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Consider that every day new discoveries and
inventions are being made. However, none of these are
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unprecedented; that is, they are all inspired by things
and beings already existing in nature. Which one of
these inventions could make Earth rotate around itself
and thus cause night and day? None of them, right?
Only Our Lord, the Creator of the heavens, the earth
and everything in between could accomplish this.
Always keep in mind that just as Allah has creat-
ed the night and day, He could well remove them.
Then our lives would be in turmoil. Furthermore, we
would not be around to read these lines. In the
Qur'an, Allah informs us that if He wills He could well
lengthen the night or day: