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21:42
قل من يكلوكم بالليل والنهار من الرحمان بل هم عن ذكر ربهم معرضون ٤٢
قُلْ مَن يَكْلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۗ بَلْ هُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ ٤٢
قُلۡ
مَن
يَكۡلَؤُكُم
بِٱلَّيۡلِ
وَٱلنَّهَارِ
مِنَ
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ
بَلۡ
هُمۡ
عَن
ذِكۡرِ
رَبِّهِم
مُّعۡرِضُونَ
٤٢
Ask ˹them, O  Prophet,˺ “Who can defend you by day or by night against the Most Compassionate?” Still they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.
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You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 21:42 to 21:43

God’s reckoning is not something which belongs to a distant future. It is latent in this very diurnal routine in which man feels so secure and protected. For instance, if the distance between the sun and the earth were to be reduced by half, our days would become so hot that we would be roasted as if by the flames of a fire. On the contrary, if the distance between the sun and the earth were doubled, our nights would become so cold that we would be frozen like ice. The Being who has established such a highly favourable system of the earth and the heavens deserves to have homage paid to Him, to be worshipped and offered total loyalty, instead of false gods who are not capable of giving people anything.

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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