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Surah Ar-Ra'd, Ayah 15 (13:15)

ٱلرَّعْد

وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلَٰلُهُم بِٱلْغُدُوِّ …

Quran 13:15 is ayah 15 of Surah Ar-Ra'd (“The Thunder”), a Medinan surah of 43 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 251 of the Madani Mushaf.

13:15 Sajdah
وَلِلَّهِيَسْجُدُمَنفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِطَوْعًاوَكَرْهًاوَظِلَٰلُهُمبِٱلْغُدُوِّوَٱلَْٔاصَالِ ۩١٥
walillahi yasjudu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi ṭawʿan wakarhan waẓilāluhum bil-ghuduwi wal-āṣāli

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.(15)

Word by word

  1. وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd to Allah
  2. يَسْجُدُyasjuduprostrates
  3. مَنmanwhoever
  4. فِىfī(is) in
  5. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  7. طَوْعًاṭawʿanwillingly
  8. وَكَرْهًاwakarhanor unwillingly
  9. وَظِلَٰلُهُمwaẓilāluhumand (so do) their shadows
  10. بِٱلْغُدُوِّbil-ghuduwiin the mornings
  11. وَٱلَْٔاصَالِ ۩wal-āṣāliand in the afternoons

Tafsir (commentary) of 13:15

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Everything prostrates unto Allah

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,

وَظِلَـلُهُم بِالْغُدُوِّ

(and so do their shadows in the mornings), in the beginning of the days,

وَالاٌّصَالِ

(and in the afternoons.) towards the end of the days. Allah said in another Ayah,

أَوَ لَمْيَرَوْاْ إِلَىخَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ يَتَفَيَّأُ

(Have they not observed things that Allah has created: (how) their shadows incline.) 16:48

قُلْ مَن رَّبُّ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ قُلِ اللَّهُ قُلْ أَفَاتَّخَذْتُمْ مِّن دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَآءَ لاَ يَمْلِكُونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ نَفْعًا وَلاَ ضَرًّا قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى الاٌّعْمَى وَالْبَصِيرُ أَمْ هَلْ تَسْتَوِى الظُّلُمَـتُ وَالنُّورُ أَمْ جَعَلُواْ للَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ خَلَقُواْ كَخَلْقِهِ فَتَشَابَهَ الْخَلْقُ عَلَيْهِمْ قُلِ اللَّهُ خَـلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّـرُ

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