﴿ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ﴾

“He makes the night grow longer by shortening the day, and makes the day grow longer by shortening the night; and He has full knowledge of what is in the hearts [of men].”

He makes the night pass into the day�He said:The inner meaning of the verse is that the night is the natural self (nafs al-ṭabʿ) and the day is the spiritual self (nafs al-rūḥ). If God, Exalted is He, wishes good for His servant, He reconciles and brings together his natural self and his spiritual self through the perpetuation of [His] remembrance (dhikr), and makes this manifest in the corresponding lights of humble submission(khushūʿ) [to God]. His words, Exalted is He: