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=== 9:5 He wraps the night over the day === <blockquote><small>Translation: He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.</small><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quran.com/39/5|title=Az-Zumar 39:5|website=The Noble Qur'an}}</ref></blockquote> According to [[Turkey|Turkish]] writer [[Ali Ünal]]: the word "wraps" in this verse is a simile, which alludes both to the earth's being rounded and to differences in the times of [[sunrise]] and [[sunset]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ünal, Ali|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1002857525|title=The Qurʼan with annotated interpretation in modern English|year=2006|isbn=978-1-59784-000-2|pages=945|oclc=1002857525}}</ref>
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