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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍۢ يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟ ظِلَٰلُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدًۭا لِّلَّهِ وَهُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ﴿٤٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Have they not considered what things Allah has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah, while they are humble.

Word-by-word meaning

أَوَلَمْawalamHave not
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey seen
إِلَىٰilā[towards]
مَاwhat
خَلَقَkhalaqaAllah has created
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has created
مِنminfrom
شَىْءٍۢshayina thing
يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟yatafayya-uIncline
ظِلَـٰلُهُۥẓilāluhutheir shadows
عَنِʿanito
ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe right
وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِwal-shamāiliand to the left
سُجَّدًۭاsujjadanprostrating
لِّلَّهِlillahito Allah
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
دَٰخِرُونَdākhirūna(are) humble

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Everything prostrates to AllahAllah informs us about His might, majesty and pride, meaning that all things submit themselves to Him and every created being - animate and inanimate, as well as the responsible - humans and Jinns, and the angels - all humble themselves before Him. He tells us that everything that has a shadow leaning to the right and the left, i.e., in the morning and the evening, is by its shadow, prostrating to Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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