Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:37

41:37

وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِ ٱلَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ۚ لَا تَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ 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

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And from among His Signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Prostrate yourselves not to the sun nor to the moon, but prostrate yourselves to Allâh Who created them, if you (really) worship Him.

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

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Word by Word

وَمِنْwaminAnd of
ءَايَـٰتِهِāyātihiHis Signs
ٱلَّيْلُal-laylu(are) the night
وَٱلنَّهَارُwal-nahāruand the day
وَٱلشَّمْسُwal-shamsuand the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرُۚwal-qamaruand the moon
لَاlā(Do) not
تَسْجُدُوا۟tasjudūprostrate
لِلشَّمْسِlilshamsito the sun
وَلَاwalāand not
لِلْقَمَرِlil'qamarito the moon
وَٱسْجُدُوا۟wa-us'judūbut prostrate
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
خَلَقَهُنَّkhalaqahunnacreated them
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou
إِيَّاهُiyyāhuHim alone
تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnaworship