وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَعْقِلُونَ
Wa sakkhkhara lakumul laila wannahaara wash shamsa walqamara wannujoomu musakhkharaatum bi amrih; inna fee zaalika la Aayaatil liqawminy ya'qiloon
And He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
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16:12Ayah 1128
21 ayahs in An-Nahl are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.
← Previous on Signs in creation16:11He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and from all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.Next on Signs in creation →16:13And [He has subjected] whatever He multiplied for you on the earth of varying colors. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who remember.
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And He disposed for you the night and the day and the sun wa’l-shamsa read in the accusative as a supplement to what precedes it; or read wa’l-shamsu in the nominative as a subject of a new sentence and the moon and the stars also read both ways are disposed musakhkharātin read in the accusative as a circumstantial qualifier or in the nominative musakhkharātun as a predicate by His command by His will. Surely in that there are signs for people who understand a people who reflect.
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