By the heaven and the visitant by night....!!!!?

Question

And what do you know what the visitant by night is?

Answer 1

By the heaven and the visitant by night,
and what do you know what the visitant by night is?
A shining star!
There is no soul without a Guardian over it.*1
Then let man at least consider from what he is created,*2
He is created from a spurting fluid that issues forth from between the backbone and the breast-bones.*3
Surely He (the creator) has the power to create him again*4.
The Day the hidden secrets are held to scrutiny,*5 then man will neither have any power of his own nor any helper.
By the heaven that sends down rain,*6 and by the earth that splits (at the sprouting of vegetation),
it is a decisive Word, it is no jest.*7 These people (i.e. the disbelievers of Makkah) are devising some plans,*8 and I, too, am devising a plan.*9 So leave the disbelievers, 0 Prophet; leave them to themselves for a while.*10




*I, "A Guardian": Allah Almighty Himself, Who is looking after and watching over every creature, big or small, in the earth and heavens, He it is Who has brought everything into existence, Who is maintaining and sustaining everything in its place and position, and Who has taken the responsibility to provide for every creature and to protect it from calamities till an appointed time. On this, an oath has been sworn by the heaven and by every star and planet which appears in the darkness of the night. (Although lexically, an-najm ath-thaqib is singular, it does not imply any one star but the star in the generic sense). The oath signifies that the existence of each of the countless stars and planets that shines in the sky at night, testifies to the fact that there is a Being Who has created it, illuminated it, suspended it in space, and thus is watching over it in a manner that neither it falls from its place nor collides with any other of the countless stars in their movements, nor does any other star collide with it.
*2. After making man ponder over the heavens, he is now being invited to consider his own self and see how he has been created, Who is it Who selects one spermatozoon from among billions of spermatozoa emitted by the father and combines it at some time with one ovum out of a large number of the ova produced by the mother, and thus causes a particular human being to be conceived? Then, Who is it Who after conception develops it gradually in the mother's womb until it is delivered in the form of a living child? Then. Who is it Who in the mother's womb itself brings about a certain proportion and harmony between its bodily structure and its physical and mental capabilities? Then, Who is it Who watches over it continuously from birth till death—protects it from disease, accidents and calamities and provides him with countless means of life and opportunities for survival in the world of which he is not even conscious, not to speak of having the power to provide these for himself? Is all this happening without the planning and supervision of One God?
*3. "Sulb" is the backbone and "tara'ib" the breast-bones, i.e. the ribs. Since the procreative fluid in both man and woman is discharged from that part of the body which is between the back and the breast, it is said that man has been created from the fluid issuing out from between the back and the breast. This fluid is produced even in case the hands and feet are cut off. Therefore, it is not correct to say that it issues out from the whole body of man. In fact, the principal organs of the body are its source and all these are located in the trunk. The brain has not been mentioned separately because the back-bone is that part of the brain through which connection between the body and the brain is established. (Also see Appendix I).

4*. That is, His bringing man into existence and watching over him from the time conception take place until death, is a clear proof that He can create him once again after death. If He had the
power to create him in the first instance and man stays alive in the world by His power alone, what rational arguments can be presented for the conjecture that He does not have the power to do the same thing a second time?
To deny this power man will even have to deny that God has brought him into existence, and the one who denies this may well come out one day with the claim that all books in the world have been printed accidentally, all cities of the world have been built accidentally, and there has occurred on the earth an explosion by chance which made all the factories start functioning automatically. The fact is. that the creation of man, the structure of his body, the existence of the powers and capabilities working within him, and his survival as a living being - all this is a much more complex process than all those works that have come to be accomplished through man, or are still in the process of being accomplished. If such a complex work with such wisdom, proportion and order could be accomplished just through a chance accident, what else could not he regarded as accidental by a mentally deranged person?

5*. "The hidden secrets": the acts of every person which remained a secret to the world as well as those affairs which came before the world only in their apparent form but the intentions, aims and secret motives working behind them remained hidden from the people. On the Resurrection Day all this will be laid bare and not only will the acts and deeds of every person be examined but it will also be seen what was his motive and intention and object of so acting. Likewise, it also remained hidden from the world, even from the doer of the act himself, what effects and influences of his act appeared in the world, to what extent they spread and for how long they continued to work. This secret too will be revealed on the Resurrection Day and it will be fully examined at to what were the consequences of the seed that a person sowed in the world, what fruit it bore and for how long it affected the later generations for better or for worse.


6.The words 'dhat ar-raj' have been used for the sky. Literally 'raj' means to return, but metaphorically this word is used for the rain in Arabic, for the rain does not fall just once, but returns over and over again in the season and sometimes out of season as well. Another reason for calling the rain "raj" is that water rises as vapour from the oceans of the earth and then fails back as rain on the same earth.
7.
That is, just as the falling of rain from the sky and the splitting of the earth to put out shoots is no jest but a serious reality, so also the news which the Qur'an gives that man has to return to his God is no jest but a definite and decisive reality and an unchangeable truth which has to be fulfilled

8.That is, these disbelievers are devising every kind of plan to defeat the invitation of the Qur'an.; they wish to blow out this candle; they are creating all sorts of doubts in the people's minds; they are inventing false accusations against the Prophet who has brought it so as to frustrate his mission in the world and perpetuate the darkness of ignorance and unbelief which he is struggling so hard to remove.
9.That is "I am planning that none of their devices should succeed so that they are utterly defeated in their designs, and the light which they are trying their utmost to put out, spreads far and wide
10.
That is, 'Leave them for a while to have their will. Before long the result will be before them and they will realize how far their scheming has become successful against My plan."

The Holly Quran Surat At-Tariq verse 1 – 17.




APPENDIX 1
(In continuation of E.N. 3 of At-Tariq)
In connection with our ex0anation of v v... 6-7 of Surat At-Tariq as given in E.N. 3, a doctor wrote to us:

"I have read your explanation carefully several times but have not been able to understand it fully. As far as the practical observation is concerned, the procreative fluid is produced by the testes, the fluid then empties into the epididymis, which leads into the vas deferens immediately before the vas enters the body of the prostate gland, where it is supplied with mucus and is discharged. How it issues forth from between the backbone and the breast-bones. I have not been able to understand.
However, control over it is exercised by a nervous system which is spread like a net-work between the breast-bone and the back-bone. But that too only to a certain extent; it is controlled by the mucus of another gland located in the brain. But the question here relates to its issuing forth (which can only take place through a tube). I would request for a detailed commentary of this point. I have given you this trouble (for which I hope to be excused)

In reply to this we wrote in the issue of the Tarjuman al-Quran for November, 1971:

"As you are a doctor you can better understand that although different parts of the body have their own separate functions, no part can perform its function by itself but only in coordination with the other parts. No doubt, the seminal fluid is produced by the testes from where it is emitted through a particular channel. But if the stomach, liver, lungs, heart, brain, kidney, etc. are not performing their respective functions rightly, the system of the production of the seminal liquid and its emission cannot work by itself. Let us understand this by an example. Urine forms in the kidney, is emptied into the bladder from where it is discharged through the outlet of the urinary tract. But by what process? If the organs which produce blood and circulate it throughout the body are not functioning properly, can the kidney by itself separate those elements from the blood, which make up urine, and send it to the bladder? That is why, the Qur'an does not say that the seminal fluid. Issues from the back-bone and the breast-bones, but has said: "It issues forth from the part of the body which is located between the two."
This does not negate the fact that the production of the seminal fluid and its emission has a mechanism which functions through particular parts of the body, but it shows that this mechanism is not independent; it performs its function in consequence of the combined, work of the organism placed by Allah between the sulb (back-bone) 'and the taraib (breast-bones). That is why, I have pointed out that the whole body is not involved in it, for even if the hands and feet are. Cut off, this system continues to work. However, if any one organ out of the principal organs located between the backbone and the breast-bones, is eliminated, the system cannot continue its function."

After reading the Question and the Answer two doctors from two different places have provided some medical information which is given below:
'`According to modern Embryology, it is an established fact that the testes in the foetus, the glands which produce seminal fluid, are located close to the kidneys between the backbone and the breastbones, from where they gradually descend into the scrotum later. This happens before birth and sometimes a little after it. But even then the source of their nerves and veins remains the same, i.e. between the backbone and the breast-bones. Even their artery shoots out from the aorta located close to the backbone and traversing the whole stomach supplies them with blood. Thus, in fact, the testes are a part of the back, which on account of their inability to endure the high temperature of the body, have been transferred to the scrotum. Furthermore, although the seminal fluid is produced by the testes and stored in seminal vesicles, yet its emission is motivated from between the backbone and the breast-bones. On stimulation from the brain the trigger action causes seminal vesicles to contract and this causes ejaculation of the seminal fluid. Thus, it will be seen that the Quranic statement conforms to modern research of medical science on the subject.

Answer 2

By the heaven and the visitant by night....!!!!?

Answer 3

What is your other question and what is the visitant by night????

Answer 4

All my relatives come to visit in the day time..

Answer 5

Yorkie is five and doesn't sleep all night?