Quran 41:37 — Fussilat, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The night, the day, the sun, the moon, are only a few of His signs. Do not bow down in worship to the sun or the moon, but bow down to God who created them, if it is truly Him that you worship.
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ ۚ لَا تَسْجُدُوا لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ
wamin āyātihi al-laylu wal-nahāru wal-shamsu wal-qamaru lā tasjudū lilshamsi walā lil'qamari wa-us'judū lillahi alladhī khalaqahunna in kuntum iyyāhu taʿbudūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And of His signs are the night and the day, the sun and the moon. Bow not yourselves to the sun and moon, but bow yourselves to God who created them, if Him you serve.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now among His signs are the night and the day, as well as the sun and the moon: [hence,] adore not the sun or the moon, but prostrate yourselves in adoration before God, who has created them - if it is Him whom you [really] worship.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنْwamin | And of | — |
| 2 | ءَايَـٰتِهِāyātihi | His Signs | أيي |
| 3 | ٱلَّيْلُal-laylu | (are) the night | ليل |
| 4 | وَٱلنَّهَارُwal-nahāru | and the day | نهر |
| 5 | وَٱلشَّمْسُwal-shamsu | and the sun | شمس |
| 6 | وَٱلْقَمَرُ ۚwal-qamaru | and the moon | قمر |
| 7 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 8 | تَسْجُدُوا۟tasjudū | prostrate | سجد |
| 9 | لِلشَّمْسِlilshamsi | to the sun | شمس |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 11 | لِلْقَمَرِlil'qamari | to the moon | قمر |
| 12 | وَٱسْجُدُوا۟wa-us'judū | but prostrate | سجد |
| 13 | لِلَّهِlillahi | to Allah | أله |
| 14 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | the One Who | — |
| 15 | خَلَقَهُنَّkhalaqahunna | created them | خلق |
| 16 | إِنin | if | — |
| 17 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you | كون |
| 18 | إِيَّاهُiyyāhu | Him alone | — |
| 19 | تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūna | worship | عبد |