Many times I had seen photos and videos of the colourful, dancing, polar lights, yet never did I expect that I would get to see it, as we live so far away from where they dance.
On a summer night in Canada, there was a red alert for aurora visibility. We headed out to search for a dark place, away from city lights. It was around midnight. Suddenly, the dark night sky started coming to life. Faint colours in one portion of the sky gave way to brighter colours, and soon the whole sky around us was dancing with colours. Moreover, there was a fascinating display of fluid colours overhead. A unexpected, natural, delightful light show!
Around the same time that the sky started to colour, there was also a distinct vertical white light, that seemed to cleave the sky, yet it didn't quite reach the horizon. On both its side was darkness. I had read about the 'false dawn', but had never tried to observe the phenomenon. That was another unexpected treat.
Earlier that trip, and again that evening, I was also treated to another fascinating aspect of the night sky. For several months, we had been discussing when night falls. My position was, according to The Quran, that the night covers the Sun, so sunset is a clear indication of night. Moreover, according to a Hadith of our dear Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , during a travel, he pointed to the Eastern horizon and said to see when night begins there. And so, I was shown the night gradient on the Eastern horizon, while the Sun had not yet set on the Western horizon.
All praises to Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى for showing me so many signs, none of which I ever expected to see in my lifetime. Alhamdolillah summa Alhamdolillah.
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