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Verse 37of 54

وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ۚ لَا تَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ﴿٣٧﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostate to Allah, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمِنْwaminAnd of
ءَايَـٰتِهِāyātihiHis Signs
ٱلَّيْلُal-laylu(are) the night
وَٱلنَّهَارُwal-nahāruand the day
وَٱلشَّمْسُwal-shamsuand the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرُ ۚwal-qamaruand the moon
لَاlā(Do) not
تَسْجُدُوا۟tasjudūprostrate
لِلشَّمْسِlilshamsito the sun
وَلَاwalāand not
لِلْقَمَرِlil'qamarito the moon
وَٱسْجُدُوا۟wa-us'judūbut prostrate
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
خَلَقَهُنَّkhalaqahunnacreated them
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou
إِيَّاهُiyyāhuHim alone
تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnaworship

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

From among the Signs of AllahHere Allah reminds His Creation of His power, and that He is the One Who has no equal, and He is Able to do all things. Allah's saying;وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ الَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ(And from among His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon.) means, He created the night with its darkness and the day with its light, and they alternate without ceasing.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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