یُقَلِّبُ اللّٰہُ الَّیۡلَ وَ النَّہَارَ ؕ اِنَّ فِیۡ ذٰلِکَ لَعِبۡرَۃً   لِّاُولِی  الۡاَبۡصَارِ  (۴۴)

Allah changes the night and the day. Surely in this there is a point of understanding for the people of insight.^[1]

In Surah al-NāziꜤāt, after mentioning the incident of Pharaoh and his army drowning, Allah Almighty says in verse 26:

اِنَّ  فِیۡ ذٰلِکَ لَعِبۡرَۃً  لِّمَنۡ  یَّخۡشٰی (ؕ۲۶)

Indeed, in this there is a lesson for one who fears Allah.^[2]

  اللہُ اَکْبَر! These اُولِی الْاَبْصَار (those who ponder and have insight) who fear Allah Almighty take heed through observing Allah's signs. The day comes and goes, the sun rises and it sets, night arrives and then departs, stars appear and then set. All of this, every particle in the universe, is an open book that contains advice for us, lessons for us. If only we become from those اُولِی الْاَبْصَار who fear and take heed.

Sayings of the Noble Saints Regarding the Insightful Gaze

*   Sayyidunā Sufyān al-Thawrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه said: "The one who looks at the world with an insightful gaze and contemplates, succeeds in performing more good deeds."

*   Sayyidunā Mālik b. Dīnār رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: "The one who does not look at the world with a gaze of insight and does not think about the Hereafter, his good deeds are less, and his heart is veiled."

*   Sayyidunā Ḥātim al-Aṣamm رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was asked, "How does one become a person who takes heed?" He replied: "When he looks