Ar-Ra'd · Ayah 15 · Juz 13 · Page 251
وَلِلَّهِۤ يَسۡجُدُۤ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ طَوۡعٗا وَكَرۡهٗا وَظِلَٰلُهُم بِٱلۡغُدُوِّ وَٱلۡأٓصَالِ۩ ١٥
Walillāhi yasjudu man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi ṭawʿaw wa karhaw wa ẓilāluhum bil-ghuduwwi wal-āṣāl.
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.
Translation: Sahih International
And unto Allah falls in prostration whoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and so do their shadows in the mornings and in the afternoons (15)
Allah affirms His might and power, for He has full control over everything, and everything is subservient to Him. Therefore, everything, including the believers, prostrate to Allah willingly, while the disbelievers do so unwillingly,
وَظِلَالُهُم بِالْغُدُوِّ
(and so do their shadows in the mornings), in the beginning of the days,
وَالْآصَالِ
(and in the afternoons.) towards the end of the days. Allah said in another Ayah,
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِن شَيْءٍ يَتَفَيَّأُ ظِلَالُهُ
(Have they not observed things that Allah has created: (how) their shadows incline.)[16:48]
فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ
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