Quran 13:15 — Ar-Ra'd, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
All that are in heaven and earth submit to God alone, willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows in the mornings and in the evenings.
وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلَالُهُمْ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ
walillahi yasjudu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi ṭawʿan wakarhan waẓilāluhum bil-ghuduwi wal-āṣāli
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- To God bow all who are in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows also in the mornings and the evenings.
- Muhammad Asad
- And before God prostrate themselves, willingly or unwillingly, all [things and beings] that are in the heavens and on earth, as do their shadows in the mornings and the evenings.
- Sahih International
- And to Allāh prostrates whoever is within the heavens and the earth, willingly or by compulsion, and their shadows [as well] in the mornings and the afternoons.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلِلَّهِwalillahi | And to Allah | أله |
| 2 | يَسْجُدُyasjudu | prostrates | سجد |
| 3 | مَنman | whoever | — |
| 4 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 5 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 6 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 7 | طَوْعًۭاṭawʿan | willingly | طوع |
| 8 | وَكَرْهًۭاwakarhan | or unwillingly | كره |
| 9 | وَظِلَـٰلُهُمwaẓilāluhum | and (so do) their shadows | ظلل |
| 10 | بِٱلْغُدُوِّbil-ghuduwi | in the mornings | غدو |
| 11 | وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ ۩wal-āṣāli | and in the afternoons | أصل |