Quran Appreciation Lesson 4 LO To understand verses

Quran Appreciation

Lesson 4 LO: To understand verses 37 -38 Starter: What are the arabic words for: • Night • Sun • Moon • Sign Take a guess –use your holy quran to find the answers!

Verse ﺍ ﺍ ﺍﻟ ﺍ ﺍ ﻡ ﻭ ﺍﻟ ﻱ ﺍ ﻳ ﺍﻳ ﺍﻳ 37. And a sign for them is the night; We strip it of the day and behold they are plunged in darkness. ” 38. “And the sun runs unto a resting-place fixed for it; that is the decree of the Mighty, the Knowing. ”

• Previous verses have been talking about the signs of Allah(SWT) • Aya 37 talks about how the night is one of the signs of Power and Wisdom of Allah. • It is a fixed program in the length of history which has no disorder. Imagine if night wasn’t created by our mericful Lord. What would life be like?

• It is as if the light of the day were a white clothing which has been put on the body of the night. • At sunset this clothing is taken off of its body, like the skin, in order that its innate becomes manifest. • This talks about the nature of the earth is darkness, and light is something which is given to it from another source.

38. “And the sun runs unto a resting-place fixed for it; that is the decree of the Mighty, the Knowing. ” • What do you understand from this verse? Discuss in pairs/ groups

• This verse clearly states the constant motion of the sun, but, concerning the purpose of this motion, commentators have delivered different discussions • A group of them say that this motion refers to the apparent motion of the sun round the earth which will continue until the end of the world

• Some others say it is declamation of the sun in summer and winter towards the North and South of the earth. • At the beginning of spring the sun declines from the equator toward the North and goes forth as far as 23 northern degree and from the beginning of summer it returns back until the beginning of autumn when it reaches the equator.

• Regardless of the different commentaries they do not contradict each other as each of them talk about the movement of the sun. • The Arabic phrase /tajri/ may refer to all these movements and the movements which have not been known to our knowledge and that they may be discovered in future…

What two attributes are mentioned at the end of this verse? Why do you think the verse ends with two attributes of Allah (SWT)?

Listen/ recite ayaat 33 -38 of sura Yasin. Reflect on what we have covered so far….