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﴿5﴾ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
5. The sun and the moon follow their measured
out calculation.
Exegesis:
The blessed Verse in question treats of the fourth great Divine Blessing
bestowed by the God Almighty, the Most Gracious. The blessed Verse is saying
that the sun and the moon follow their courses with measured out calculation.
The existence of the sun is one of the greatest Divine Blessings bestowed upon
man, since life would be unimaginable in the solar system without the light and
heat of the sun. It was mentioned above that any motion on the earth springs
from the solar light and heat. Growth of plants and production of provision,
precipitation, and blowing of winds are all thanks to this Divine Blessing. The
moon, in its turn, plays a key role in human life. It is the light of his dark
nights, its gravity is the sources of ebb and flow in oceans result in life in
seas and watering of rivers flowing onto seas. Besides, the fixed course of the
twain circulations, that of the moon round the earth and that of the earth round
the sun results in the orderly emergence of nights and days, years, months, and
seasons. They make human life order through which man may make use of the same
for his commercial, industrial, and agricultural activities. Without such order,
human life could never have any order. It is worthy of note that not only the
movement of these celestial bodies are precisely measured out, but also the
quantity of their mass and gravity and their distance from the earth and from
each other are all well calculated, without which great disruptions would occur
in the solar system and consequently in human life. It is also worthy of note
that although the sun is |
