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Surah Fussilat (41) — Ayah 37
وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِ ٱلَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ۚ لَا تَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿37﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And from among His Signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Prostrate yourselves not to the sun nor to the moon, but prostrate yourselves to Allâh Who created them, if you (really) worship Him.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمِنْ
wamin
And of
ءَايَـٰتِهِ
āyātihi
His Signs
ٱلَّيْلُ
al-laylu
(are) the night
وَٱلنَّهَارُ
wal-nahāru
and the day
وَٱلشَّمْسُ
wal-shamsu
and the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرُ ۚ
wal-qamaru
and the moon
لَا
lā
(Do) not
تَسْجُدُوا۟
tasjudū
prostrate
لِلشَّمْسِ
lilshamsi
to the sun
وَلَا
walā
and not
لِلْقَمَرِ
lil'qamari
to the moon
وَٱسْجُدُوا۟
wa-us'judū
but prostrate
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the One Who
خَلَقَهُنَّ
khalaqahunna
created them
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you
إِيَّاهُ
iyyāhu
Him alone
تَعْبُدُونَ
taʿbudūna
worship
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.
37. 1. That is, making the night dark so that people can rest in it, making the day bright so that there is no difficulty in earning a livelihood, then the coming and going of one after the other, and sometimes the night being long and the day short, and sometimes the opposite, the day being long and the night short. Similarly, the sun and the moon rising and setting at their appointed times and traversing their orbits, completing their stages, and remaining safe from mutual collision— all these are proofs that they certainly have a Creator and Owner. Moreover, He is One and only One, and only His command and authority prevails in the universe. If there were more than one possessing the power of planning and command, then this system of the universe could never run in such a stable and orderly manner.
37. 2. Because they too, like you, are Allah’s creation; they do not possess divine powers nor are they partners in them.
37. 3. The use of the feminine plural pronoun in خلقھن is because it is either in the sense of خلق ھذہ الاربعۃ المذکورۃ, for the rule for the plural of non-rational beings is that it is treated as feminine plural, or its reference is only to the sun and the moon, and according to some grammarians, the dual is also considered plural, or the intended meaning is الآیات. (Fath al-Qadeer)
37. 2. Because they too, like you, are Allah’s creation; they do not possess divine powers nor are they partners in them.
37. 3. The use of the feminine plural pronoun in خلقھن is because it is either in the sense of خلق ھذہ الاربعۃ المذکورۃ, for the rule for the plural of non-rational beings is that it is treated as feminine plural, or its reference is only to the sun and the moon, and according to some grammarians, the dual is also considered plural, or the intended meaning is الآیات. (Fath al-Qadeer)
