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) — روح المعاني

يمده ضوء الفجر الثاني فيرى منبسطا والله تعالى أعلم، وقوله سبحانه ثم جَعَلْنَا الشَّمْسَ عَلَيْه دليلا ٤٥) عطف على مد (٤٠) داخل في حكمه أي ثم جعلنا طلوع الشمس دليلا على ظهوره للحس فان الناظر إلى الجسم الملون حال قيام الظل عليه لا يظهر له شئ سوى الجسم ولونه ثم إذا طلعت الشمس ووقع ضوؤها على الجسم ظهر له أن الظل كيفية زائدة على الجسم ولونه .

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