أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ٩٧
Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?
Quran verses about Sleep
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11 verses in 11 surahs · 5 subtopics
Sleep is presented here as one of Allah’s favours to man and a mercy for the distressed, while Allah Himself is overtaken by neither drowsiness nor sleep. The verses describe it as a form of death, during which Allah takes the souls, and recall that visions come during sleep and that calamities then strike harder.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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Disasters strike harder during sleep · 1 verse
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Verses gathered from a human-made thematic index of the Quran; the introduction summarises its subtopics. For a legal opinion, consult a scholar.