Page 474 - An Index to the Qur'an

It is He Who splits the sky at dawn, and appoints Blessed be He Who placed constellations in the
the night as a time of stillness and the sun and sky and put a blazing lamp and shining moon
moon as a means of reckoning. That is what the among them. (25:61)
Almighty, the All-Knowing has ordained. (6:96) If you ask them, ‘Who created the heavens and
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and made the sun and moon sub-
the earth in six days and then settled Himself servient?’ they will say, ‘Allah.’ So how have they
firmly on the Throne. He covers the day with the been perverted? (29:61)
night, each pursuing the other urgently; and the Do you not see that Allah makes night merge into
sun and moon and stars are subservient to His day and day merge into night, and that He has
command. Both creation and command belong made the sun and moon subservient, each one
to Him. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the running for a specified time, and that Allah is
worlds. (7:54) aware of what you do? That is because Allah–He
It is He Who appointed the sun to give radiance, is the Truth, and what you call upon besides Him
and the moon to give light, assigning it phases so is falsehood. Allah is the All-High, the Most
you would know the number of years and the Great. (31:29-30)
reckoning of time. Allah did not create these He makes night merge into day and day merge
things except with truth. We make the Signs clear into night, and He has made the sun and moon
for people who know. (10:5) subservient, each one running until a specified
When Yusuf told his father, ‘Father! I saw eleven time. That is Allah, your Lord. The Kingdom is
bright stars, and the sun and moon as well. I saw His. Those you call on besides Him have no
them all prostrate in front of me.’ (12:4) power over even the smallest speck. (35:13)
Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without And We have decreed set phases for the moon,
any support–you can see that–and then estab- until it ends up looking like an old palm spathe. It
lished Himself firmly on the Throne. He made is not for the sun to overtake the moon nor for the
the sun and moon subservient, each running for night to outstrip the day; each one is swimming
a specified term. He directs the whole affair. He in a sphere. (36:39-40)
makes the Signs clear so that hopefully you will He created the heavens and the earth with truth.
be certain about the meeting with your Lord. He wraps the night around the day and wraps the
(13:2) day around the night, and has made the sun and
And He has made the sun and moon subservient moon subservient, each one running for a speci-
to you holding steady to their courses, and He fied term. Is He not indeed the Almighty, the
has made the night and day subservient to you. Endlessly Forgiving? (39:5)
(14:33) Among His Signs are the night and day and the
He has made night and day subservient to you, sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun nor to
and the sun and moon and stars, all subject to the moon. Prostrate to Allah Who created them,
His command. There are certainly Signs in that if you worship Him. (41:37)
for people who use their intellect. (16:12) The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split.
It is He Who created night and day and the sun (54:1)
and moon, each one swimming in a sphere. The sun and the moon both run with precision.
(21:33) (55:5)
Do you not see that everyone in the heavens and Do you not see how He created seven heavens in
everyone on the earth prostrates to Allah, and the layers, and placed the moon as a light in them
sun and moon and stars and the mountains, trees and made the sun a blazing lamp? (71:15-16)
and beasts and many of mankind? But many of No indeed! (I swear) by the moon. (74:32)
them inevitably merit punishment. Those Allah But when the eyesight is dazzled, and the moon
humiliates will have no one to honour them. is eclipsed, and the sun and moon are fused to-
Allah does whatever He wills. (22:18) gether, on that Day man will say, ‘Where can I
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