Verse 47 of Surah Al-Furqan (25:47), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 364 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 47
Al-Mukhtasar
It is Allah who has made the night like a garment to cover you and cover all things. It is He who made sleep a rest that you could enjoy from your occupation. It is He who made the day a time when you go out to your work.
It is He Who has made the night as a garment25 for you, and made sleep for rest; and has made daytime for returning to life26.
Notes
[25] It covers you in darkness and provides rest.
[26] To return to your livelihood and activity.
And it is He Who makes the night a covering for you, and the sleep (as) a repose, and makes the day Nushûr (i.e. getting up and going about here and there for daily work, after one’s sleep at night, or like resurrection after one’s death).
And He it is Who maketh night a covering for you, and sleep repose, and maketh day a resurrection.
And He it is Who makes the Night as a Robe for you, and Sleep as Repose, and makes the Day (as it were) a Resurrection.
And He it is Who made the night a covering for you, and the sleep a rest, and He made the day to rise up again.
And He is the One Who has made the night for you (to be) a garment and sleep for repose and has made day-time for rising.
And out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day that you may rest therein and [by day] seek from His bounty and [that] perhaps you will be grateful.
Verses with similar wording
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And it is He who placed for you the stars that you may be guided by them through the darknesses of the land and sea. We have detailed the signs for a people who know.
It is Allāh who made for you the night that you may rest therein and the day giving sight. Indeed, Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the people, but most of them are not grateful.
