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tūliju l-layla fī n-nahāri wa-tūliju n-nahāra fī l-layli wa-tukhriju l-ḥayya mina l-mayyiti wa-tukhriju l-mayyita mina l-ḥayyi wa-tarzuqu man tashāʾu bi-ghayri ḥisābin
‘You make the night pass into the day and You make the day pass into the night. You bring forth the living from the dead and You bring forth the dead from the living, and You provide for whomever You wish without any reckoning.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah 'Ali-Imran, Verse 27
27. "You cause the night to pass into the day and You cause the day to pass into the night, and You bring forth the living from the dead and You bring forth the dead from the living, and You provide with sustenance for whom You will without measure."
In this verse and the previous one the Power of Allah is mentioned for twelve times to evoke the spirit of theism in man. At first, the verse speaks about the decrease and increase of the length of the night and the day in different seasons. (It may, of course, refer to the graduality of sunset and sunrise, too, but the first meaning is clearer). Then, the verse points to the Power of the Providence, the Omnipotent, about bringing forth the living from the dead and vice versa. The example of this meaning is seen in the creation of living cells from lifeless foodstuff and making dead from the living creatures.
In another point of view, it is recognized that He causes the pious believing children to come into being from deadly-hearted unbelievers; and He brings the disbelieving deadly-hearted children into existence from the pious believing ones.
Explanation
1. Besides creation, any modification and arrangement is due to His Wisdom.
2. The 'Power of Allah is not finite. He, the Almighty, brings the living out of the dead, and makes dead from the living.
3. The sustenance of all beings depends on His Will, the All-Wise.
4. The changes of the night and the day and, consequently, the appearance of seasons together with the arrangement in atmospheric conditions are among the blessings and favours of Allah.
5. The purpose of 'sustenance without measure' is 'bountiful sustenance' and, therefore, it does not mean that its account is out of His control.
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