Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Qasas, Ayah 71

Al-Qasas · Ayah 71 · View Ayah
قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِضِيَآءٍ ۖ أَفَلَا تَسْمَعُونَ
Say, "Have you considered: if Allah should make for you the night continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allah could bring you light? Then will you not hear?"

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(Say) O Muhammad, to the people of Mecca: (Have ye thought) what do you say, O disbelievers, (if Allah made night everlasting) everlastingly dark (for you till the Day of Resurrection) such that you see no day, (who is a god beside Allah) other than Allah (who could bring you light) of day? (Will ye not then hear) will you not obey He who made the day and the night for you?

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Say to the people of Mecca ‘Have you considered in other words inform Me if God were to make the night everlasting over you until the Day of Resurrection what god other than God as you are wont to claim could bring you light? daylight hours during which you could earn a living. Will you not then listen?’ to this in a way so as to understand it and so repent of your idolatry.

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