Ayah of the Day with Tafsir Jumada Al-Awwal 25 , 1433

[salahdin]

أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزَهِ وَنَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ​

سورة الإسراء​

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّـهُ مِن شَيْءٍ يَتَفَيَّأُ ظِلَالُهُ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَالشَّمَائِلِ سُجَّدًا لِّلَّـهِ وَهُمْ دَاخِرُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾وَلِلَّـهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن دَابَّةٍ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ۩ ﴿٥٠﴾​

I seek refuge with Allah, the Hearing, the Knowing, from the cursed Satan, from his coercion, lures to arrogance and poems



Surah An-Nahl

Have they not observed all things that Allah hath created, how their shadows incline to the right and to the left, making prostration unto Allah, and they are lowly? (48) And unto Allah maketh prostration whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth of living creatures, and the angels (also) and they are not proud. (49) They fear their Lord above them, and do what they are bidden. (50) 16:48-50



Tafsir Ibn Kathir

أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ​

Everything prostrates to Allah



Allah says:

أَوَ لَمْ يَرَوْاْ إِلَى مَا خَلَقَ اللّهُ مِن شَيْءٍ يَتَفَيَّأُ ظِلاَلُهُ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَالْشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدًا لِلّهِ وَهُمْ دَاخِرُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾​

Have they not observed things that Allah has created: (how) their shadows shift from right to left, prostrating to Allah, while they are humble!

Allah informs us about His might, majesty and pride, meaning that all things submit themselves to Him and every created being - animate and inanimate, as well as the responsible - humans and Jinns, and the angels - all humble themselves before Him.

He tells us that everything that has a shadow leaning to the right and the left, i.e., in the morning and the evening, is by its shadow, prostrating to Allah.

Mujahid said,

"When the sun passes its zenith, everything prostrates to Allah, may He be glorified.''

This was also said by Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak and others.

وَهُمْ دَاخِرُونَ​

while they are humble,

means, they are in a state of humility.

Mujahid also said:

"The prostration of every thing is its shadow,''

and he mentioned the mountains and said that their prostrations are their shadows.

Abu Ghalib Ash-Shaybani said:

"The waves of the sea are its prayers.''

It is as if reason is attributed to these inanimate objects when they are described as prostrating, so Allah says:

وَلِلّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ مِن دَآبَّةٍ ...​

And to Allah prostrate all that are in the heavens and all that are in the earth, of the moving creatures,

As Allah says:

وَللَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَن فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلَـلُهُم بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالاٌّصَالِ​

And to Allah (alone) all who are in the heavens and the earth fall in prostration, willingly or unwillingly, and so do their shadows in the mornings and in the afternoons. (13:15)

... وَالْمَلآئِكَةُ وَهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾​

and the angels, and they are not proud.

means, they prostrate to Allah and are not too proud to worship Him.

يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ ...​

They fear their Lord above them,

means, they prostrate out of fear of their Lord, may He be glorified.

... وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾​

and they do what they are commanded.

meaning they continually obey Allah, doing what He tells them to do and avoiding that which He forbids.

 

[Aapa]

Assalaam walaikum,

Please accept my thanks for what you do. The blessings you give us are immense. I pray Allah rewards you always.

 

[queenislam]

Holy qur'an.

:salam2:

:ma:
Alhamdulillah!

Thank you
for this beautful posting
brother.


~Wassalam

 

[Mazhara]

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وَللَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَن فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلَـلُهُم بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالاٌّصَالِ
And to Allah (alone) all who are in the heavens and the earth fall in prostration, willingly or unwillingly, and so do their shadows in the mornings and in the afternoons. (13:15)

This is an informative statement, and every statement of Grand Qur'aan portrays and conveys a proven and established fact, a reality not effected by time and space. A statement of proven fact is the one which is not contradicted by apparent ground realities. The traditional translations by the majority of translators, however, do not correctly portray the thought and information conveyed by the Arabic Text of Ayah whereby there seems patent contradiction in their translations and the ground reality where we find that billions of habitants of the Earth do not prostrate to Allah the Exalted. Their translation, "To God prostrates everyone in the heavens and the earth, willingly and unwillingly" does not stand the test of ground reality at any given point in time.

This patent error in translations owes it cause primarily to translational loss because of ignoring the peculiarity of the Verb, the nature of the act that involves relational manifestation involving and denoting presence of two actors for the actualization of the act, the relationship of the subject and verb with circumstantial clause, comprising two accusative verbal nouns, wherein the act takes place.
The information about the structuring of the above statement will be found as follows in Grammatical analysis books, one may like to consult anyone:..........

Prostration Ayah