The Holy Quran 25:45 — Surah Al-Furqan

Arabic text

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنًا ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًا

Translation

Do you not see how your Rabb spreads (prolongs) the shadow (causes it to extend as the afternoon progresses). If He willed, He could have made it stationary. (It is therefore only because of Allaah's will that shadows move.) (However,) We then appoint the sun as a guide to it (the shadow). (Although the shadow falls and moves solely because of Allaah's power, Allaah has made the sun and the movement of the earth guides for man to understand the falling of the shadow. It is not the sun and the earth's movement that are responsible for the shadow falling, but they are merely instruments. Man should therefore not think that things happen because of the visible means that he sees. Everything happens by Allaah's will.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

ألم تر كيف مدَّ الله الظل من طلوع الفجر إلى طلوع الشمس؟ ولو شاء لجعله ثابتًا مستقرًا لا تزيله الشمس، ثم جعلنا الشمس علامة يُستَدَلُّ بأحوالها على أحواله، ثم تَقَلَّصَ الظل يسيرًا يسيرًا، فكلما ازداد ارتفاع الشمس ازداد نقصانه. وذلك من الأدلة على قدرة الله وعظمته، وأنه وحده المستحق للعبادة دون سواه.

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