سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 48
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟ ظِلَـٰلُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدًا لِّلَّهِ وَهُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ ﴿48﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Have they not observed things that Allâh has created: (how) their shadows incline to the right and to the left, making prostration unto Allâh, and they are lowly?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Have not
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they seen
إِلَىٰ
ilā
[towards]
مَا
mā
what
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
Allah has created
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah has created
مِن
min
from
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
a thing
يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟
yatafayya-u
Incline
ظِلَـٰلُهُۥ
ẓilāluhu
their shadows
عَنِ
ʿani
to
ٱلْيَمِينِ
l-yamīni
the right
وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ
wal-shamāili
and to the left
سُجَّدًۭا
sujjadan
prostrating
لِّلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
دَٰخِرُونَ
dākhirūna
(are) humble
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
48. 1. This is a statement of the greatness and majesty of Allah, and the grandeur of His status, that everything is humbled and obedient before Him. Whether it is inanimate objects, animals, jinn and humans, or angels—every thing that has a shadow, and whose shadow inclines to the right and left, prostrates to Allah with its shadow morning and evening. Imam Mujahid says that when the sun declines, every thing falls in prostration before Allah.
