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Al-Layl - 92:1
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Swearing by the Diversity of Mankind in Their Efforts and informing of the Different Results of that
Allah swears by saying:
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى
By the night as it envelops.
Meaning, when it covers the creation with its darkness.
Al-Layl - 92:2
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى
By the day as it appears.
Meaning, with its light and its radiance.
Al-Layl - 92:3
وَمَا خَلَقَ الذَّكَرَ وَالاُْنثَى
By Him Who created male and female.
This is similar to Allah's saying,
وَخَلَقْنَـكُمْ أَزْوَجاً
And We have created you in pairs. (78:8)
It is also similar to saying,
وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ
And of everything We have created pairs. (51:49)
And just as these things that are being sworn by are opposites, likewise that which this swearing is about are opposing things.
Al-Layl - 92:4
This is why Allah says,
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّى
Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse.
Meaning, the actions of the servants that they have performed are also opposites and diverse. Therefore, there are those who do good and there are those who do evil.
Al-Layl - 92:5
Allah then says,
فَأَمَّا مَن أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى
As for him who gives and has Taqwa.
Meaning, he gives what he has been commanded to give and he fears Allah in his affairs.
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