10:67

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ لِتَسۡكُنُواْ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبۡصِرًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَسۡمَعُونَ

Huwa allathee jaAAala lakumu allayla litaskunoo feehi waalnnahara mubsiran inna fee thalika laayatin liqawmin yasmaAAoona

It is He who made for you the night to rest therein and the day, giving sight. Indeed in that are signs for a people who listen.

Word by word
  1. هُوَHe
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Who
  3. جَعَلَmade
  4. لَكُمُfor you
  5. ٱلَّيۡلَthe night
  6. لِتَسۡكُنُواْthat you may rest
  7. فِيهِin it
  8. وَٱلنَّهَارَand the day
  9. مُبۡصِرًاۚgiving visibility
  10. إِنَّIndeed
  11. فِيin
  12. ذَٰلِكَthat
  13. لَأٓيَٰتٖsurely (are) Signs
  14. لِّقَوۡمٖfor a people
  15. يَسۡمَعُونَ(who) listen
Yunus · 10:67Makkah

Night for rest, day for seeing. That is a sign.

The daily rhythm as a gift to listen to


The rhythm
nightrest from exhaustion
then
daylight to work and travel
signsfor those who listen
How to use it
night for screensday half asleep
rest, then workthe rhythm He made

Ibn Kathir says Allah made the night for His servants to rest from weariness, and the day bright to seek a living and meet their needs. These are signs for people who hear and take a lesson.

It is 1 a.m. and you are still scrolling in bed, the phone lighting your face. Tomorrow you will drag through the morning. The night was made as a gift of rest. Accept it.

Night is just more time for me to use.

Night was made for rest. Using it that way is gratitude.

Try this

Put your phone away thirty minutes earlier tonight and sleep with a short dhikr.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 10:65)

Do not grieve over their speech, for all power and honor belong to Allah. He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower (65)Behold! Verily, to Allah belongs whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth. And those who worship and invoke others besides Allah, in fact they follow not the partners, they follow only a conjecture and they do nothing but lie (66)He it is Who has appointed for you the night that you may rest therein, and the day to make things visible (to you). Verily, in this are Ayat for a people who listen (those who think deeply)(67)

All Might and Honor is for Allah - He Alone has Full Authority within the Universe

Allah said to His Messenger ,

وَلَا يَحْزُنكَ

(Do not greive) because of the remarks of these idolators, and depend on Allah and ask for His help. Put your trust in Him.

إِنَّ الْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا

(For all power and honor belong to Allah.) All might and honor belong to Him, His Messenger and the believers.

هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

(He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.) He hears the utterances of His servants and knows their affairs. Allah then stated that to Him is the dominion of the heavens and earth. But the idolators worship idols, that own nothing and can neither harm nor benefit anyone. They have no evidence to base their worship on them. They only follow their own conjecture, lies, and ultimately - falsehood. Allah then informed us that He is the One Who made the night for His servants to rest therein from weariness and exhaustion.

وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا

(And the day to make things visible (to you).) bright and clear for them to seek livelihood and to travel to fulfill their needs.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

(Verily, in this are Ayat for a people who listen.) Those who hear these proofs and take a lesson from them. These Ayat can lead them to realize the greatness of their Creator and Sustainer.