← Surah 16

16:48

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟ ظِلَـٰلُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدًا لِّلَّهِ وَهُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ

Word by word

أَوَلَمْ
Have not
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
أَNoun — interrogative، prefix
وَPreposition — supplemental، prefix
لَمْPreposition — negative
يَرَوْا۟
they seen
Verb
Root: رأي
Grammar (i'rab)
يَرَVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وْا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
إِلَىٰ
[towards]
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَىٰPreposition — preposition
مَا
what
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَاNoun — relative
خَلَقَ
Allah has created
Verb
Root: خلق
Grammar (i'rab)
خَلَقَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
ٱللَّهُ
Allah has created
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهُNoun — proper noun، nominative
مِن
from
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِنPreposition — preposition
شَىْءٍ
a thing
Noun
Root: شيأ
Grammar (i'rab)
شَىْءٍNoun — masculine، indefinite، genitive
يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟
Incline
Verb
Root: فيأ
Grammar (i'rab)
يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟Verb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
ظِلَٰلُهُۥ
their shadows
Noun
Root: ظلل
Grammar (i'rab)
ظِلَٰلُNoun — masc. plur.، nominative
هُۥNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
عَنِ
to
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَنِPreposition — preposition
ٱلْيَمِينِ
the right
Noun
Root: يمن
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
يَمِينِNoun — masculine، genitive
وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ
and to the left
Noun
Root: شمل
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
شَّمَآئِلِNoun — masc. plur.، genitive
سُجَّدًا
prostrating
Noun
Root: سجد
Grammar (i'rab)
سُجَّدًاNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، indefinite، accusative، adjective
لِّلَّهِ
to Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
لِّPreposition — preposition، prefix
لَّهِNoun — proper noun، genitive
وَهُمْ
while they
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — circumstantial، prefix
هُمْNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. plur.
دَٰخِرُونَ
(are) humble
Noun
Root: دخر
Grammar (i'rab)
دَٰخِرُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

EN

Do they not look at Allah's creation, (even) among (inanimate) things,- How their (very) shadows turn round, from the right and the left, prostrating themselves to Allah, and that in the humblest manner?

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Do the [disbelievers] not observe the things that God has created, casting their shadows right and left, submitting themselves to God obediently?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

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?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Allah'ın yarattığı şeylerin, gölgeleri sağa sola vurarak, Allah'a boyun eğerek secde etmekte olduklarını görmüyorlar mı?

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Onlar, Allah'ın yarattığı birtakım şeyleri görmediler mi ki? Gölgeleri Allah'ın kudretine boyun eğip secde ederek, sağa sola döner, dolaşır.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Allah’ın yarattığı herhangi bir şeyi görmediler mi? On(lar)ın gölgeleri, boyun eğerek Allah için secde eder durumda sağ(lar)dan ve sollardan döner.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

أَعَمِيَ هؤلاء الكفار، فلم ينظروا إلى ما خلق الله من شيء له ظل، كالجبال والأشجار، تميل ظلالها تارة يمينًا وتارة شمالا تبعًا لحركة الشمس نهارًا والقمر ليلا كلها خاضعة لعظمة ربها وجلاله، وهي تحت تسخيره وتدبيره وقهره؟

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

Where this verse appears

Topics
Oneness of GodCreation