11 Preface وَجَعَلنَا النَّهارَ مَعاشًاYusuf AliAnd made the day as a means of subsistence?1Subsistence in English only partly covers the idea of ma' ash, which includes every kind of life activity. The Day is specially illuminated, so runs the figure of speech, in order that these life activities of all kinds may be fully exercised.