Sun, Moon, Two Genders

Excerpt from Farhat Hashmi’s speeches.

In Surah Yusuf, we know the dream of Yusuf (as).

“O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me.” (12:4)

Who is the ‘sun’ referring to? The father. And the ‘moon’, that’s the mother. (Ibn Kathir)

Both the sun and moon shine. But both of them shine different. One possesses splendor while the other possesses elegance.

One brings light during the day. Other removes darkness during the night. Beauty is always compared to the moon not the sun.

The orbits of both sun and moon are different. If both become the same what would happen? The outcome would be what? It would be day of reckoning.

“And the sun and the moon are joined” (75:9)

It would result in a calamity. Thus, men and women have different roles to play.

 
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