سُوْرَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ
Surah Al-Ankaboot (29) — Ayah 61
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ ﴿61﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if you were to ask them: "Who has created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" they will surely reply: "Allâh." How then are they deviating (as polytheists and disbelievers)?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَئِن
wala-in
And if
سَأَلْتَهُم
sa-altahum
you ask them
مَّنْ
man
Who
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
wal-arḍa
and the earth
وَسَخَّرَ
wasakhara
and subjected
ٱلشَّمْسَ
l-shamsa
the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرَ
wal-qamara
and the moon
لَيَقُولُنَّ
layaqūlunna
Surely they would say
ٱللَّهُ ۖ
l-lahu
Allah
فَأَنَّىٰ
fa-annā
Then how
يُؤْفَكُونَ
yu'fakūna
are they deluded
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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61. If you ask them, "Who created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" they will surely say, "Allah." Then [93] how are they deluded?
[93] This address is not only for the Muhajireen (the Emigrants); rather, everyone is included in this address. The meaning is that Allah is the One who created the heavens and the earth, the sun and the moon, and set each to its respective task. All of mankind’s necessities of life are connected to this system. Among these necessities is the need for food and drink and the means of livelihood. So wherever Muslims migrate, this entire system will be present there as well, and Allah will provide you with sustenance there just as He does here; therefore, place your trust in Him. And if this address is understood as being directed toward the polytheists of Makkah, then its meaning would be: all the provisions for your life and its continuation have been provided by Allah. Then how can you set up your deities as partners and rivals to Allah? From where does such a reversal of reason come upon you?
[93] This address is not only for the Muhajireen (the Emigrants); rather, everyone is included in this address. The meaning is that Allah is the One who created the heavens and the earth, the sun and the moon, and set each to its respective task. All of mankind’s necessities of life are connected to this system. Among these necessities is the need for food and drink and the means of livelihood. So wherever Muslims migrate, this entire system will be present there as well, and Allah will provide you with sustenance there just as He does here; therefore, place your trust in Him. And if this address is understood as being directed toward the polytheists of Makkah, then its meaning would be: all the provisions for your life and its continuation have been provided by Allah. Then how can you set up your deities as partners and rivals to Allah? From where does such a reversal of reason come upon you?
