أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنًا ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (நபியே!) உம்முடைய இறைவன் நிழலை எப்படி நீட்டுகின்றான் என்பதை நீர் பார்க்கவில்லையா? மேலும் அவன் நாடினால் அதனை (ஒரே நிலையில்) அசைவற்றிருக்கச் செய்ய முடியும். (நபியே!) பின்னர் சூரியனை - நாம்தாம் நிழலுக்கு ஆதாரமாக ஆக்கினோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- නුඹගේ පරමාධිපති දෙස ඔහු හෙවණැල්ල කෙසේ දිගු හැරියේ දැ? යි නුඹ නො බැලුවෙහි ද? තවද ඔහු අභිමත කළේ නම් එය එක්තැන් වූවක් බවට ඔහු පත් කරන්නට තිබුණි. පසුව අපි ඒ වෙත සාධකයක් බවට හිරු පත් කළෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- کیا آپ نے نہیں دیکھا کہ آپ کے رب نے سائے کو کس طرح پھیلا دیا ہے ؟ اگر چاہتا تو اسے ٹھہرا ہوا ہی کر دیتا۔ پھر ہم نے آفتاب کو اس پر دلیل بنایا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 主は如何に影を広げられたか，あなたは見なかったのか。もしかれが御望みならば，それを静止した儘にされよう。それからわれは，太陽をその案内役とした。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 难道你没有看见你的主怎样伸展阴影吗？假若他意欲，他必定使阴影成为静止的。我以太阳为其标志，
Tafsir of 25:45
Evidence of the existence of the Creator and the extent of His Power Here Allah begins explaining the evidence for His existence and His perfect power to create various things and pairs of opposites. Allah says: أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ الظِّلَّ (Have you not seen how your Lord spread the shadow.) Ibn `Abbas, Ibn `Umar, Abu Al-`Aliyah, Abu Malik, Masruq, Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr, An-Nakha`i, Ad-Dahhak, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others said, "This refers to the period from the beginning of the dawn until the sun rises." وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُ سَاكِناً (If He willed, He could have made it still) meaning, immobile, never changing. This is like the Ayat: قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ الَّيْلَ سَرْمَداً (Say : "Tell me! If Allah made the night continuous for you...") (28:71) ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا الشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلاً (but We have made the sun its guide.) means, were it not for the sun rising, it would not be there, for a thing can only be known in contrast to its opposite. Qatadah and As-Suddi said, "The sun is a guide which follows the shade until the shade disappears.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
