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the morning not close at hand?’ (11:81) three nights despite the fact that you are perfectly
Perform prayer at each end of the day and in the able to.’ (19:10)
first part of the night. Good actions eradicate bad They will not hear any prattling there–nothing
actions. This is a reminder for people who pay but ‘Peace’. They will receive their provision
heed. (11:114) there morning and night. (19:62)
It is He Who stretched out the earth and placed We revealed to Musa, ‘Travel with My servants
firmly embedded mountains and rivers in it and by night. Strike a dry path for them through the
made two types of every kind of fruit. He covers sea. Have no fear of being overtaken and do not
over day with night. There are Signs in that for be afraid.’ (20:77)
people who reflect. (13:3) So be steadfast in the face of what they say and
It makes no difference whether you keep secret glorify your Lord with praise before the rising of
what you say or voice it out loud, whether you the sun and before its setting. And glorify Him
hide in the night or go out in the day. (13:10) during part of the night and at both ends of the
And He has made the sun and moon subservient day, so that hopefully you will be pleased.
to you holding steady to their courses, and He (20:130)
has made the night and day subservient to you. They glorify Him by night and day, without ever
(14:33) flagging. (21:20)
(Messengers said to Lut,) ‘Travel with your family It is He Who created night and day and the sun
in the dead of night, following behind with them and moon, each one swimming in a sphere.
in front of you. None of you must look back. Go (21:33)
where you are ordered to.’ (15:65) Say: ‘Who will protect you night and day from
He has made night and day subservient to you, the All-Merciful?’ Yet they turn away from the re-
and the sun and moon and stars, all subject to membrance of their Lord. (21:42)
His command. There are certainly Signs in that And Dawud and Sulayman when they gave
for people who use their intellect. (16:12) judgement about the field, when the people’s
Glory be to Him Who took His servant on a jour- sheep strayed into it at night. We were Witness to
ney by night from the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al- their judgement. (21:78)
Haram) to the Further Mosque (Masjid al-Aqsa), That is because Allah merges night into day and
whose surroundings We have blessed, in order to merges day into night and because Allah is All-
show him some of Our Signs. He is the All- Hearing, All-Seeing. (22:61)
Hearing, the All-Seeing. (17:1) (The affluent will be told,) ‘My Signs were recited
We made the night and day two Signs. We blot- to you and you turned round on your heels, arro-
ted out the Sign of the night and made the Sign of gant towards it, talking arrant nonsense all night
the day a time for seeing so that you can seek long.’ (23:66-67)
favour from your Lord and will know the number It is He Who gives life and causes to die and His
of years and the reckoning of time. We have is the alternation of the night and day. So will you
made all things very clear. (17:12) not use your intellect? (23:80)
Perform prayer from the time the sun declines Allah revolves night and day. There is surely a
until the darkening of the night, and also the lesson in that for people with inner sight. (24:44)
recitation at dawn. The dawn recitation is cer- It is He Who made the night a cloak for you and
tainly witnessed. (17:78) sleep a rest, and He made the day a time for ris-
And stay awake for prayer during part of the ing. (25:47)
night as a supererogatory action for yourself. It It is He Who made night and day succeed each
may well be that your Lord will raise you to a other for those who want to pay heed or to give
Praiseworthy Station. (17:79) thanks. (25:62)
He (Zakariyya) said, ‘My Lord, give me a Sign.’ (The servants of the All-Merciful are) those who
He said, ‘Your Sign is not to speak to people for pass the night prostrating and standing before
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