Commentary
It is clear from the figurative attribution, because seeing is truly for the people of the day. If you say: Why is the night coupled with the purpose and the day with the state? Should they not both be states or purposes to maintain the right of comparison? I say: They are opposite in meaning, because each one conveys the meaning of the other. If it were said: 'So that they may see in it,' the eloquence that is in the figurative attribution would be lost. If it were said: 'Remaining' - and the night can be described as still in reality, do you not see their saying: 'A still night,' and 'Still, with no wind in it' - the reality would not be distinguished from the figurative. If you say: Why was it not said: 'For the preferred' or 'For the one who bestows'? I say: Because the aim is to make the favor indefinite, and to make it a favor that has no equal, and that can only be achieved through addition. If you say: What if it were said: 'But most of them,' so that the mention of the people does not repeat? I say: In this repetition, there is a specification for the ingratitude of the blessing by them, and they are the ones who deny the favor of Allah and do not thank Him, as in His saying: 'Indeed, man is ungrateful. Indeed, man is disobedient to his Lord, very ungrateful.'
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