The main power plants in Gaza have been shut down. The electricity is out, the lights are out, and there is but a heavy blanket of darkness covering the city as the nighttime falls.

Even the streets are hardly visible at night. As two journalists traveling with an Israeli military convoy described in an article in The New York Times:

'In village after village, the houses that remained intact had no lights shining from within. [...] That left only light from the stars, as well as the occasional flare fired into the sky by Israeli soldiers to help illuminate battlefields.'

Even staff members in the remaining hospitals have to use a torchlight or hold up their cell phone flashlights to be

The surah then calls on the unbelievers to believe in God and His Messenger, and in the light He has given His Messenger, which is the Qur'an and the faith embodied in the Qur'an. It is indeed light, since it comes from God, and "God is the light of the heavens and the earth." (24: 35) The Qur'an enlightens the heart to make it shine, able to see the truth inherent within it:

"Believe then in God and His Messenger, and in the light which We have bestowed from on high." (Verse 8)

This call on them to believe is followed by a comment that makes them realize that their situation is fully observed by God:

"God is fully aware of what you do." (Verse 8)

The twenty-eighth juz of the Qur’an consists of nine surahs. All of these are Madani surahs. As these surahs are short and were revealed at different points in time, their themes are diverse. The surahs in this juz span everything from family life to warfare, and from society to business. The primary focus is on being truthful to our promises and fulfilling the rights of others. The juz begins with Surah al-Mujadilah, the only surah in the Qur’an that has the name Allah in every verse. The surah is about a woman whose husband was emotionally abusing her by keeping her in a suspended state. This was a violation of the rights of the spouse and the good conduct expected in such a relationshi

The twenty-seventh juz of the Qur’an focuses heavily on the afterlife. This theme is clear in every surah in this juz, especially in the middle portion, the two famous surahs: Surah al-Raḥman and Surah al-Waqiʿah. The juz begins at verse thirty-one of Surah al-Dhariyat. It includes the following surahs, Surah al-Tur, Surah al-Najm, Surah al-Qalam, Surah al-Raḥman, Surah al-Waqiʿah, and ends with Surah al-Ḥadid. This juz marks the beginning of the al-Mufassal surahs. These are the short comprehensive surahs of the Qur’an mentioned in the famous narration by ʿAʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her). The first thing that was revealed thereof was a surah from al-Mufassal, and in it was men

The Ayah acknowledges that each and everyone of else has an element of greed that is 'built-in'. You cannot get rid of it, you cannot completely 'uninstall it' from your system, Even our father Adam had an element of greed that caused the devil to use against him:

'But Satan whispered to Adam, saying, ‘Adam, shall I show you the tree of immortality and power that never decays?' [20:120]

But we can always tame it, control it so that it doesn't control us. We can have the Taqwa of Allah (literally: the strive for protection against disobedience) as a shield from having greed drive our decisions and control our lives. We can have the Taqwa as a protection from three destructive traits that