10:6

 Salaam all

10:6

إِنَّ فِي اخْتِلاَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ اللّهُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ لآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَّقُونَ

Inna fee ikhtilafi allayli waalnnahari wama khalaqa Allahu fee alssamawati waalardi laayatin liqawmin yattaqoona

 

The Aya says:

Indeed, in the contrasting of the night and day and what Allah had created in the heavens and earth are signs to people who are attentive.

 

My personal note:

This Aya is an invitation for those of us who are attentive to pay attentions to the signs of Allah all around us. 

I translated the word IKHTILAF as contrasting.  In other translation is may point to alternating in one coming after the other.  The word and its range of meaning can point to both because it points to contrast and opposite and also something coming after another.  However the contrast an being opposite is the predominant meaning of IKHTILAF as a derivative of the rooy KH-L-F (coming behind)

 

Translation of the transliterated words:

 

Inna: indeed

Fee: in

Ikhtilafi: the contrast of/ the alternation of

Note: IKHTILAF is derived from the root KH-L-F and it means behind in time or place or any other plane of thought. For time, it takes the meaning of what happens after or the future. IKHTILAF is the process of putting one entity behind another in time or place.  This could lead to alternation or clear difference. Here, it talks about the night and day and it is the alternation of the two or it could also point the contrast between the two.

ALLAYLI : the night
Note: the root is L-Y-L and it means night. ALLAYLI means the night.

Waalnnahari: and the day
Note: WA is a letter that links what is before with what is after. This link is through inclusion, either one is included in the other or they are all included in the bigger sentence or bigger picture. WA is often translated as an addition (and), but inclusion probably covers the meaning a little better. ALNNAHARI is derived from the root N-H-R and one of the concrete meanings of the word is running water or river. It is then used to mean running or flowing in many other meanings and contexts according to the sentence. ALNAHARI means the daytime and it’s relationship to the flowing could be due to the fact that the day is the time when our activities are “flowing” or because of the flow of the light in it.

 Wama: and what

Khalaqa: He created

Note: the root is KH-L-Qaf and it means creating and creation. The word has many little other meanings that revolve around that theme, in concrete, it means the smoothened rock that was shaped that way, so it has the cutting and shaping and making things as part of the meaning as well as creating out of nothing as well.  KHALAQA is an action that is completed. It means: the action of creating or shaping happened by the subject (third person singular).

 

Allahu: Allah

Fee: in/ on

Alssamawati: the aboves / the heavens/ the beyond the earth

Note: the root is S-M-W and it means rising. This word is used to mean many things that are related to that meaning. One of the meanings is name because when a person’s name is called, he or she would rise and respond.  ALSSAMAWATI are the aboves or what are above, that is the skies or the heavens or any entity from the atmosphere to beyond that.

waalardi: and the earth

Note: WA is a letter that links what is before with what is after. This link is through inclusion, either one is included in the other or they are all included in the bigger sentence or bigger picture.  WA is often translated as an addition (and), but inclusion probably covers the meaning a little better.  In here it plays a role of contrasting two things.  ALARDI is derived from the root Hamza-R-Dhad and it means earth or land.  ALARDI is the earth/ the land.

 

Laayatin: indeed signs

Note: LA is for emphasis.  AYATIN is derived from the root Hamza-Y-H and it means sign. AYATIN means signs.

Liqawmin:  to a people

 

Note: LI means to. QAWMIN is derived from the root Qaf-Y-M and it means standing or standing upright. QAWMIN are the people that stand together and that makes the group or people or nation, basically, any group of people that stand together or form a group.

 Yattaqoona:  they mind/ they pay attention/ they act consciously

Note:  YATTAQOONA is derived from the root W-Qaf-y and it means guarding or protecting. Since the best guarding is through consciousness then it means consciousness. YATTAQOONA is an action that is being completed or will be completed. It means: the action of acting consciously is happening or will be happening by the subject (third person plural)

 

 Salaam all and have a great day

Hussein