DAY AND NIGHT

Day and Night ~ 30 ~ DAY AND NIGHT Yet man prays for evil as fervently as he prays for good. Truly, man is ever hasty. We made the night and the day twin marvels. And We enshrouded the night with darkness and gave light to the day so that you might seek the bounty of your Lord and learn to compute the seasons and the years. We have made all things manifestly plain to you. (The Qur’an 17:11-12) The order of day and night tells us that the way of God is for darkness to precede light; both are equally necessary in the divine scheme of things. Just as there are benefits in the light, so are there advantages in the darkness. If there were no difference between day and night, how could man systematically divide his time between work and rest? Man should not run away from darkness and be a seeker of “light” alone. One with such a desire shall have to leave this world of God and find another