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195. It was narrated that Abu Musa said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ stood up among us and
said five things. He said: 'Allâh does not sleep, and it is not befitting that He should sleep. He lowers the Scales and raises them. The deed done during the day is taken up to Him before the deed done during the night, and the deed done during the night before the deed done during the day. His Veil is Light and if He were to remove it, the glory of His Face would burn everything of His creation, as far as His gaze reaches.'" (Sahih)
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[1] Saba' 34: 23.
Commentary
a. Sleep and rest are the needs of the creatures since they remedy the fatigue and weakness caused by work. Allâh, by contrast, is Ever Living and Sustainer of the entire creation. He is, therefore, exempt from both weariness and sleep.
b. One of the interpretations of lowering the Scales and raising them is that He, in His infinite wisdom, decreases in this life the provision for some and increases it for others.
c. Nothing in this mortal world can stand the glory of Allâh. That is why when Allâh manifested the splendor of His glory on the Mount of Sinai (i.e. the Tur), it could not stand it and was reduced to dust.
