本章接下来谈到了真主恩典中的某些方面，这些恩典证明了祂的伟大，然而不信道者却不为这些恩典感谢祂。相反，他们骄傲自大，不肯把崇拜献给祂：
The surah now speaks about certain aspects of God’s blessings which testify to His greatness, yet the unbelievers do not offer thanks to Him for such blessings. On the contrary, they are too proud to address their worship to Him:
是真主为你们创造了黑夜供你们安歇，创造了白昼使你们得以视物。真主对世人确实恩典广大，然而大多数人却不感恩。这位真主就是你们的主，万物的创造者，除他之外再无应受崇拜的主宰。你们怎么会如此迷惑呢？确实如此：那些明知真主的启示却加以否认的人，实在是迷失得太远了。真主为你们把大地造成安居之所，把天空造成穹顶。他塑造了你们，使你们形体端正，并赐予你们美好的给养。这位真主就是你们的主。所以，全世界的主真主当受赞颂，超绝万物。他是永生者。
It is God who has made for you the night in which to rest, and the day to make you see. God is limitless in His bounty to man, but most people do not give thanks. Such is God, your Lord, the Creator ofall that exists: there is no deity other than Him. How deluded can you be? Such it is: far deluded are those who knowingly deny God's revelations. It is God who has made the earth a resting place for you and the sky a canopy. He has moulded you into a comely shape and provided you with wholesome things. Such is God, your Lord. So glory be to God, the Lord ofall the worlds. He is the Ever-Living.
没有神明配得上崇拜，除了祂。所以你们当虔诚地信仰祂，并向祂祈祷。一切赞美都归于真主，万世的主宰。
There is no deity other than Him. So call on Him, sincere in your faith in Him. All praise is due to God, the Lord ofall the worlds.
夜与昼是两种普遍存在的自然现象,而大地与天空则是宇宙中的被造物。它们都与真主创造人类相提并论。人类被赋予了端正的形体,并得到了美好的给养。所有这些内容,都是在真主的独一性以及我们对祂的信仰须保持诚挚这一语境下被提及的。这表明,所有这些现象、被造物与概念彼此相互关联。我们应当将它们置于更广阔的环境中加以审视,并注意它们之间的相互联系。
The night and day are two universal phenomena, while the earth and the heavens are creatures in the universe. They are all mentioned alongside Gods creation of man, who has been given a comely shape, been provided with wholesome sustenance. All these are mentioned within the context of God’s oneness and being sincere in our faith in Him. This indicates that all these phenomena, creatures and concepts are interlinked. They should be looked at within their broad environment, noting their mutual interrelations.
宇宙建立在真主赐予它的坚实基础之上，并遵循真主为它所定的轨道运行，这使生命得以在地球上产生、演化和发展，也使人类生命呈现出我们所熟悉的样貌与形态。它符合人由其本性和构造所决定的需要：夜晚成为他休息和恢复精力的时间，白昼则以其光明成为他行动与劳作的时间。它使大地稳固，成为人类活动的场所；天空则如同不会崩塌的穹顶般被高高举起。一切必要的比例都得以保持，否则人在地上的生存将会受到威胁，甚至不可能存在。它使美好的给养在大地上生长，或从天上降下，供人享用。
The fact that the universe is built on the solid basis God has given it, and its following the course God has assigned to it, allowed life to emerge, evolve and progress on earth. It also allowed human life to take the shape and form familiar to us. It fits with man’s needs dictated by his nature and make-up. It has made the night a time for his rest and recuperation, while the day, with its light, a time for movement and action. It has made the earth stable as a field of activity, while the skies are raised like a canopy that does not fall apart. All the necessary proportions are maintained; otherwise, man’s existence on earth would have been endangered or impossible. It has allowed wholesome provisions to grow on earth or come down from the sky for man’s enjoyment.
此外,正是神的旨意赋予了人端庄的形体和与宇宙万物相和谐的种种能力。所有这些事物彼此相连,这也是《古兰经》将它们放在一起提及的原因。的确,《古兰经》把它们之间的这种相互关联作为造物主独一的证据。它引导我们的心虔诚地呼唤神,宣告一切赞颂都归于众世界的主。它指出,创造这一切并在其间建立如此和谐的那一位,才是唯一配受崇拜的主宰。他确实是全能的神,是万物的主和创造者。人们怎么会被引离这一真理呢?
Moreover, it is God’s will that gave man his comely shape and a wealth of abilities that are in harmony with what is in the universe. All these matters are interlinked, which is the reason for referring to them together in the Qur’an. Indeed, the Qur’an makes this interrelation between them evidence of the Creator’s oneness. It directs our hearts to call on God, sincere in our devotion, declaring that all praise is due to God, the Lord of all the worlds. It states that the One who creates all these and establishes such harmony between them is the only one to deserve to be a deity. He is indeed God Almighty, the Lord and Creator of all. How can people be turned away from this truth?
在这里，或许有必要提及宇宙中所显现的和谐与相互关联，以及它们与人类生活的关系。
It is perhaps useful here to mention some aspects of the harmony and interrelation evident within the universe and their bearing on man’s life.
如果地球不朝向太阳自转,昼夜就不会交替。若地球的自转速度比实际更快,房屋便会崩裂,地球本身也会解体,散落于太空之中。若其自转速度更慢,人类就会因酷热或严寒而灭亡。实际上,地球目前的自转速度,最适合植物、动物和人类生命在最广泛意义上的延续。如果地球停止自转,所有的海洋都将失去水。2
If the earth did not rotate facing the sun, there would be no succession of night and day. Had the rotation of the earth been at a higher speed than it actually is, houses would have shattered, and indeed the earth itself would have fallen apart and scattered in space. Had its rotation been slower, mankind would have perished from hot or cold weather. Indeed the current speed of its rotation is the one most suitable for the continuity of plant, animal and human life in its broadest sense. If the earth stopped rotating, all seas and oceans would be without water.2
如果地球的自转轴变得笔直，并且地球绕太阳运行的轨道是一个以太阳为圆心的正圆，那会怎样？季节就会消失，人们将无法分辨夏天与冬天，也无法分辨春天与秋天。3
What would happen if the earth’s axis became straight and the earth orbited the sun in a circle where the sun would be at the centre? The seasons would be lost and people would not know summer from winter, spring from autumn.3
若地壳再厚十英尺，就不会有氧气，而没有氧气，动物的生命就不可能存在；若海洋再深几英尺，二氧化碳和氧气就会被吸收，陆地表面的植物生命也就无法存在。
Had the crust of the earth been ten feet thicker, there would be no oxygen, without which animal life is impossible; and had the ocean been a few feet deeper, carbon dioxide and oxygen would have been absorbed and vegetable life on the surface of the land could not exist..
如果大气层再稀薄得多,现在每天在外层大气中被烧毁的数以百万计的流星中,有一些就会落到地球的各个角落。它们以每秒六至四十英里的速度运行,会点燃所有可燃物。如果它们的速度像子弹一样慢,它们就都会撞击地球,后果将不堪设想。至于人类,一颗微小的流星以子弹九十倍的速度撞来,仅凭其穿过时产生的高温,就足以把人撕成碎片。4
If the atmosphere had been much thinner, some of the meteors which are now burned in the outer atmosphere by the millions every day would strike all parts of the earth. They travel from six to forty miles a second and would set fire to every burnable object. If they travelled as slowly as a bullet, they would all hit the earth and the consequences would be dire. As for man, the impact of a tiny meteor travelling ninety times as fast as a bullet would tear him in pieces by the heat of its passage.4
如果大气中的氧气不是21%,而是50%或更多,世界上所有可燃物质都会变得极易燃烧,以至于第一道闪电击中一棵树时,就会点燃整片森林,森林几乎会发生爆炸。如果氧气降到10%或更低,生命或许经过漫长岁月已经适应了这一比例,但人类如今所熟悉的许多文明要素,例如火,就将无从获得。5
If, for instance, instead of 21 per cent oxygen [there] were 50 per cent or more of the atmosphere, all combustible substances in the world would become inflammable to such an extent that the first stroke of lightning to hit a tree would ignite the forest, which would almost explode. If it were reduced to 10 per cent or less, life might through the ages have adjusted itself to it, but few of the elements of civilization now so familiar to man, such as fire, would be available.5
宇宙的设计中存在成千上万种精妙的平衡，它们对人类的生存都是必不可少的。其中任何一种只要稍有偏差，我们所知的人类生命便无从存在。
There are thousands of fine balances in the design of the universe that are necessary for human life. If any of them is disturbed only slightly, human life as we know it would not be possible.
至于人类，其完美形态的要素之一，在于他在一切生物中独具的形态。他的体质使其各系统能够轻松而精确地履行各自的职能。此外，他与周围环境之间的和谐也十分完美，使他能够在环境中生存和行动。所有这些，还可以加上他最根本、最独特的品质，使他能够主宰地球这颗星球。他被赋予了完成其使命所需的工具，拥有理智，并与超越物质世界的事物保持着精神上的联系。
As for man, one of the elements of his perfect shape is his unique form among all living things. His constitution enables his systems to fulfil their functions easily and meticulously. Moreover, the harmony between him and his surroundings is perfect, allowing him to live and act within his environment. All this may be added to his most fundamental and unique quality that enables him to be in charge of planet earth. He is equipped with the tools necessary for the fulfilment of his task, having been given a mind and spiritual contact with what is beyond the physical.
如果我们要研究人体构造的精妙准确，以及人体各部位和各系统之间的和谐，并将其与《古兰经》中的经文“他使你们有了美好的形状”（第64节）联系起来，我们就需要长时间地思考这一奇妙造物的每一个小器官，乃至每一个细胞。以人的下颌及牙齿的排列为例：
If we were to study the great accuracy of the human constitution and the harmony between the different parts and systems of man’s body, relating it to the Qur’anic statement: “He has moulded you into a comely shape", (Verse 64) we would need to reflect at length on every small organ, and indeed on every single cell in this marvellous creature. Take for example man’s jaw and how teeth are placed in it:
颌骨的构造精细到这样的程度：牙龈或舌头只要突出十分之一毫米，就足以使其无法适应口腔之内。牙齿或臼齿上若有同样厚度的突出，就会与对面的牙齿或臼齿产生摩擦。举例来说，像香烟纸那样薄的东西，若被夹在上下颌之间，便会在纸上留下痕迹。上下颌闭合时，即便是介于其间的物体，哪怕厚度不超过最薄的纸张，也会被挤压。
the jaw is so finely shaped that if the gum or the tongue were to protrude by one tenth of a millimetre this would be enough to make the gum or the tongue unfit within the mouth. A protrusion of similar thickness in a tooth or a molar will bring it into friction with the opposite tooth or molar. Take, for example, something as thin as a cigarette paper which when pressed between the upper and lower jaws is left with marks on it. As the two jaws close they press against any object between them even if its thickness is no more than that of the finest paper.
人的体质是为了适应这个星球而构造的。他的眼睛被造成能够接收他所需要看见的光频率，他的耳朵能够捕捉他所需要听到的声频率。他体内的每一个器官，都是为他所生活的环境而设计的，同时也具有一定的能力去适应不断变化的条件。人被创造出来就是为了生活在这个特定的环境中，并与之相互影响。他与其所处环境之间有着紧密的联系，即
Mans constitution is equipped to live on this planet. His eyes are made to receive the light frequency which he needs to see. His ears pick up the sound frequencies he needs to hear. Every single organ in his constitution is designed for the environment in which he lives, with a limited ability to adapt to changing conditions. Man is created to live in this particular environment and to have a mutual impact on it. There is a close relationship between him and his environment, i.e.
……与天地相关。因此，《古兰经》在提到天地的同一节经文中提到了人的形态。多么恰当！现在让我们简要讨论这段经文本身："真主使黑夜成为你们安息的时间，使白昼成为你们视物的光明"（第61节）。
with the earth and the skies. Therefore, the Qur’an mentions mans shape in the same verse in which it mentions the earth and sky. How fitting! Let us now briefly discuss the text itself: “A is God who has madefor you the night in which to rest, and the day to make you see” (Verse 61)
夜间休息对每一种生物都是必要的。需要一段黑暗的时间，使活细胞能够休息，然后在白天恢复活动。仅仅睡眠并不足以获得所需的休息；黑暗同样是必要的。持续暴露在光照下的活细胞会达到一种疲劳程度，从而破坏其结构。
Rest at night is necessary for every living thing. A period of darkness is needed so that living cells can rest before resuming their activity during the day. Sleeping is not enough to afford the needed rest; darkness is also necessary. A living cell that is exposed to light continuously reaches a degree of fatigue that ruins its structure.
“以及那使你们能够看见的白昼”（第61节）。若直译，这一短语会是“以及那能够看见的白昼”。这种表达使白昼仿佛成了一个有生命的存在，能够注视并看见事物。实际上，能看见的是人，但这一特质被归于白昼本身，因为这种情形几乎是普遍的。
“And the day to make you see” (Verse 61) A literal translation would render this phrase as, and the day able to see.’ The expression brings the day alive as if it is a living entity that can look at and see things. In fact, it is people that can see during the day, but this quality is given to the day itself because it is almost universal.
这种昼夜更替的方式本身就是一种恩赐，并且包含着更多的恩赐。如果其中一方永久延长，或者仅仅是延长到数倍之久，生命都将终止。因此，昼夜更替常常被提及，与真主的恩典相关联，而大多数人并不感恩这些恩典："真主对世人确是恩典深厚的，但大多数人不感恩。"（第61节）
The succession of the day and the night in this way is a blessing that involves further blessings. Had one or the other of them stretched permanently, or if it were merely several times as long, life would come to an end. It is fitting, then, that the succession of day and night is often mentioned within the context of God’s blessings for which most people do not give thanks: “Godis limitless in His bounty to man, but most people do not give thanks.” (Verse 61)
这两种现象是由唯一配被称为真主的那一位造就的："那是真主——你们的主，万物的创造者，除他之外，别无应受崇拜者。你们怎么会被迷惑而背离呢？"（第62节）人们确实在万物中认出真主的手迹，并且确切地知道他是一切的创造者。事实上，这样的认识通过万物的存在本身，就强加于我们的心灵。没有人能宣称是自己创造了这些事物，它们也不可能自行出现。那么，人们竟然背离对真主的信仰，实在令人惊异："你们怎么会被迷惑而背离呢？"然而，这种情况确实发生了：人们背离了清楚的真理，正如《古兰经》最早的一些听众中也有人背离那样。这种情形贯穿于历代，毫无理由，也没有依据："事实如此：那些明知真主的启示却加以否认的人，确是迷误者。"（第63节）
These two phenomena are brought into existence by the One who alone deserves to be named God: “Such is God, your Lord, the Creator of all that exists: there is no deity other than Him. How deluded can you be?' (Verse 62) People do recognize God’s hand in everything, and they know for certain that He is the Creator of all. Such knowledge, in fact, forces itself on our minds by the very existence of things. No one can claim to have created these, and it is impossible that they could have come into existence of their own accord. It is most amazing then that people should turn away from believing in God: “How deluded can you be?' Yet, this does happen: people turn away from the clear truth, in the same way as some of those who were the first to be addressed by the Qur’an turned away. This takes place throughout all generations, without reason or evidence: “Such it is: far deluded are those who knowingly deny God's revelations." (Verse 63)
经文接着提到了赋予大地与天空各自功能的宇宙设计:"安拉"不,应写为"真主"。
修正后的翻译如下:
经文接着提到了赋予大地与天空各自功能的宇宙设计:"真主使大地成为你们的居所,使天空成为你们的穹顶。"(第64节)大地是适宜人类生存的场所,其中运作着许多平衡,我们在前文已对其中一些作过简要讨论。天空则是一个比例、尺寸和周期都经过精心安排的结构,以确保稳定与人类生命的延续。的确,人类的生命在宇宙本身的设计中已被纳入考虑。
The surah then mentions the universal design that gives the earth and the sky their respective functions: “It is God who has made the earth a resting place for you and the sky a canopy." (Verse 64) The earth is a place suited for man’s life, considering the many balances operating in it, some of which we have briefly discussed. The sky is a structure with careful proportions, dimensions and cycles to ensure stability and the continuity of human life. Indeed human life is taken into consideration in the design of the universe itself.
此外,该章节指出了一个关联:一方面是天地的结构,另一方面是人的体格及为他所预备的美好给养。经文说:"他以最优美的形态塑造了你们,并以美好的事物供给你们。"(第64节)这些恩惠与给养之后,又跟随着与前面相似的一句话:"这就是真主你们的主。所以,万世的主真主是至洁的。"(第64节)祂是创造、衡量和设计的主,赋予你们在祂的国度中一个确定的位置。祂是你们的主,所以你们应当赞颂祂。祂的恩惠遍及一切世界。
Furthermore, the surah specifies a link between the structure of the heavens and earth on the one hand and man’s constitution and the wholesome provisions made for him on the other: “He has moulded you into a comely shape andprovidedyou with wholesome things." (Verse 64) These blessings and provisions are followed by a comment similar to the earlier one: “Such is God, your Lord. So glory be to God, the Lord ofall the worlds." (Verse 64) He is the One who creates, measures and designs, giving you a specified place in His kingdom. He is your Lord, so glorify Him. His bounty encompasses all worlds.
“祂是永生的。”（第65节）祂的生命源于祂自己，既非获得，也非被造，没有开始，也没有终结。它不会改变、变化或终止。没有任何其他事物拥有这样的生命特性。赞美归于祂；祂的生命是独一无二的。
“He is the Ever-Living." (Verse 65) His life is from Himself, neither gained nor created, without a beginning or an end. It does not alter, change or finish. Nothing else has such qualities to its life. All glory to Him; unique is His life.
再次强调，唯有祂是独一的神明。那拥有独一生命的，就是真主：“除祂之外，别无神明。”因此，“你们当虔诚地信仰祂，并向祂祈祷。”当你们向祂祈祷时，应当给予祂应有的赞颂：
Again He alone is the Godhead. The One who has a unique life is God: “ There is no deity other than Him” Therefore, “call on Him, sincere in yourfaith in Him.” And when you pray to Him, give Him due praise:
“{所有的赞美都归于真主，众世界的主}”（第65节）
“All praise is due to God, the Lord ofall the worlds” (Verse 65)