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An-Nahl 48

Ayah 48 of 128 · Meccan

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَيۡءٖ يَتَفَيَّؤُاْ ظِلَٰلُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدٗا لِّلَّهِ وَهُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ ٤٨

Have they not considered what things Allāh has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allāh, while they [i.e., those creations] are humble.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَوَلَمۡHave notawalam
  2. يَرَوۡاْthey seenyaraw
  3. إِلَىٰ[towards]ilā
  4. مَاwhatmā
  5. خَلَقَAllah has createdkhalaqa
  6. ٱللَّهُAllah has createdl-lahu
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. شَيۡءٖa thingshayin
  9. يَتَفَيَّؤُاْInclineyatafayya-u
  10. ظِلَٰلُهُۥtheir shadowsẓilāluhu
  11. عَنِtoʿani
  12. ٱلۡيَمِينِthe rightl-yamīni
  13. وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِand to the leftwal-shamāili
  14. سُجَّدٗاprostratingsujjadan
  15. لِّلَّهِto Allahlillahi
  16. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  17. دَٰخِرُونَ(are) humbledākhirūna

Tafsir

Do these deniers not look with contemplation at His creation? Their shadows incline right and left following the movement of the sun in the day and that of the moon at night, in humility and prostration to their Lord, whilst they are submissive to Allah and are subject to His domination.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran