Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:48

16:48

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

awalam yaraw ilā mā khalaqa l-lahu min shayin yatafayya-u ẓilāluhu ʿani l-yamīni wal-shamāili sujjadan lillahi wahum dākhirūna

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 International

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 Haleem

Have they not observed things that Allâh has created: (how) their shadows incline to the right and to the left, making prostration unto Allâh, and they are lowly?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 14Page 272meccan

Word by Word

أَوَلَمْawalamHave not
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey seen
إِلَىٰilā[towards]
مَاmāwhat
خَلَقَkhalaqaAllah has created
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has created
مِنminfrom
شَىْءٍۢshayina thing
يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟yatafayya-uIncline
ظِلَـٰلُهُۥẓilāluhutheir shadows
عَنِʿanito
ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe right
وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِwal-shamāiliand to the left
سُجَّدًۭاsujjadanprostrating
لِّلَّهِlillahito Allah
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
دَٰخِرُونَdākhirūna(are) humble