31. Surah Luqman

Mecca Period [57]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ...

31: 29. Seest thou not that Allah merges Night into Day and He merges Day into Night;

...وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِي إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى...

that He has subjected the sun and the moon (to His Law), each running its course for a term appointed:

...وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ ﴿٢٩﴾

and that Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do?

ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ الْبَاطِلُ...

31: 30. That is because Allah is the (only) Reality, and because whatever else they invoke besides Him is Falsehood;

C3619. Cf. 22:62 and note 2842 and 2843.

All the wonderful complexities, gradations, and nuances, that we find in Creation, are yet blended in one harmonious whole, that obeys Law and exemplifies Order.

They therefore point to the One True God. He is the only Eternal Reality.

...وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ ﴿٣٠﴾

and because Allah, -- He is the Most High, Most Great.