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Fussilat 37

Ayah 37 of 54 · Meccan

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيۡلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُۚ لَا تَسۡجُدُواْ لِلشَّمۡسِ وَلَا لِلۡقَمَرِ وَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمۡ إِيَّاهُ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٣٧

And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostrate to Allāh, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., Do not worship Allāh through His creations but worship Him directly and exclusively.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنۡAnd ofwamin
  2. ءَايَٰتِهِHis Signsāyātihi
  3. ٱلَّيۡلُ(are) the nightal-laylu
  4. وَٱلنَّهَارُand the daywal-nahāru
  5. وَٱلشَّمۡسُand the sunwal-shamsu
  6. وَٱلۡقَمَرُۚand the moonwal-qamaru
  7. لَا(Do) notlā
  8. تَسۡجُدُواْprostratetasjudū
  9. لِلشَّمۡسِto the sunlilshamsi
  10. وَلَاand notwalā
  11. لِلۡقَمَرِto the moonlil'qamari
  12. وَٱسۡجُدُواْۤbut prostratewa-us'judū
  13. لِلَّهِۤto Allahlillahi
  14. ٱلَّذِيthe One Whoalladhī
  15. خَلَقَهُنَّcreated themkhalaqahunna
  16. إِنifin
  17. كُنتُمۡyoukuntum
  18. إِيَّاهُHim aloneiyyāhu
  19. تَعۡبُدُونَworshiptaʿbudūna

Tafsir

From the signs of Allah that point towards His greatness and oneness is the night and the day in their coming after one another, and the sun and moon. O people! Do not prostrate to the sun nor the moon; rather, prostrate to Allah alone who created them all, if you truly do worship Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran