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Al-Furqan 45

Ayah 45 of 77 · Meccan

أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيۡفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنٗا ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَا ٱلشَّمۡسَ عَلَيۡهِ دَلِيلٗا ٤٥

Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., showing the existence of a shadow or making it apparent by contrast.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَلَمۡDo you notalam
  2. تَرَseetara
  3. إِلَىٰ[to]ilā
  4. رَبِّكَyour Lordrabbika
  5. كَيۡفَhowkayfa
  6. مَدَّHe extendsmadda
  7. ٱلظِّلَّthe shadowl-ẓila
  8. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  9. شَآءَHe willedshāa
  10. لَجَعَلَهُۥsurely He (could) have made itlajaʿalahu
  11. سَاكِنٗاstationarysākinan
  12. ثُمَّThenthumma
  13. جَعَلۡنَاWe madejaʿalnā
  14. ٱلشَّمۡسَthe sunl-shamsa
  15. عَلَيۡهِfor itʿalayhi
  16. دَلِيلٗاan indicationdalīlan

Tafsir

Have you - O Messenger - not seen how your Lord extends the shade on the surface of the earth. If He had willed to make it stand still without moving He could have done so. Then I made the sun an indicator for it, becoming long and short in accordance to it.

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