An-Nahl 48: Did they not see things that Allah has created? Their shadows turn right and left, prostrating and bending. (Pointing out that, all things are created by Allah’s divine knowledge)

A. Metin Saruhan · 16 April 2017 · An-Nahl

Translation

Did they not see things that Allah has created? Their shadows turn right and left, prostrating and bending. (Pointing out that, all things are created by Allah’s divine knowledge)

Tafsir

Allah (swt) draws people's attention to the majesty and power of His glory through contemplation. Allah's mention of the shadow of an object He created is the fact that He placed the earth, sun and moon system in the heavens and made them navigate in an order and regularity with His knowledge, that the sun grows or shrinks by hitting the object while the earth rotates around its axis, and that the shadow turns to the right or left during the rotation of the earth.

The heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, know the remembrance of their Lord According to the verse, there is no God but Allah, and the prostration of the shadows means that all these created beings were created by the knowledge of Allah, that Allah (swt) created His creatures under His sovereignty, and that the creatures cannot go beyond the sovereignty of Allah (swt), and that they submit to Allah (swt) willy-nilly.

Another meaning is that Allah created our souls in the realm of Lahut. In the realm of Mülk, He provided the appearance of the soul by dressing our soul in the guise of a body. Our bodies are the appearance and shadow of our souls. They are also entrusted to our souls. In this respect, our bodies inevitably remember Allah. In this respect, every creation is created with the knowledge of Allah. Since it is under the sovereignty of Allah, it prostrates to Allah in helplessness. Even the cells of the bodies of people who rebel and disbelieve in Allah remember Allah. Our bodies, surrendered to the soul, live the Islamic nature in full obedience to our souls. Even if the soul itself is in rebellion, its body remembers its Lord. This shows us that there is no other God but Allah and that every created soul will be held to account.

What is said in the video

In verse 48 of Surah An-Nahl: Have they not seen anything Allah has created? Any thing: an ant, a mosquito, an elephant, whatever. Its shadows, shrinking and prostrating to Allah, turn to the right and left, it says. The shadows of all created things.

Here He makes a comparison in a figurative sense, Allah Almighty. In a figurative sense. What does it say? Have they not seen anything Allah has created? Plants, trees, stones, whatever, rocks, mountains, well,

the shadows of people, the lengthening and shortening of animals' shadows, that with a (?) knowledge He created them; as the earth turns on its own axis, facing the sun, well, the shadows slowly lengthening as day comes, then, reaching noon, the sun striking straight from above, well, their shortening, and again the shadows lengthening until the afternoon, two times, twice their length, then towards evening disappearing more and more, and the coming of night: through reflection He turns people to the creation of this universe. He invites people to reflect with their intellect. Allah Almighty, to people's reflection and to the majesty and power of His Self, draws people's attention. His speaking of the shadow of a body Allah created; placing the earth, sun and moon system in the heavens and making them, with (?), move in an order and regularity; as the earth turns on its own axis, the sun's (?) growing or shrinking, and, as the earth turns, the shadow too turning to the right and to the left, moving.

Yes. That this lies only within a superhuman might, a force and a creator's power, and that this is Allah, the absolute Owner of these worlds: this it makes known to us.

According to the verse "The heavens and the earth and what is between them, your Lord (?)", that there is no god but Allah; the prostration of the shadows; that all these created beings were created with Allah's knowledge; that Allah Almighty created His creations under His rule; that created things cannot go outside the rule of Allah Almighty, and that willingly or unwillingly they submit to Allah: this is what He wants to convey. When it says "The heavens and what is between these two, your Lord (?)", magnetic or antimagnetic, the atoms of all matter, neutrons and protons, negatively and positively charged nuclei, as they spin around their own axes, make a sound even if we do not hear it.

So Allah Almighty makes them invoke some attribute of His Self. What is the reason? Why does He make them invoke it? Today a person produces a product and takes out a patent on it. With that patent, with that brand, it is registered as belonging to such-and-such company. Something not made by human hands: this universe too, by Allah Almighty making it invoke His Self, symbolizes the tawhid that there is no god but Allah. In this case, Allah Almighty, through reflection, people to the majesty and greatness of His Self, and to people not having been created in vain, and that finally one day, when Allah's command comes, that is, with death, according to the verse "Every soul shall taste death, and your return is to Me", Allah Almighty, in His presence, we will be called to account (?).

We were not sent to this world to revel in pleasure, left to ourselves. Another meaning: Allah Almighty created our souls in the (?) realm. In the realm of mulk, He clothed our souls in the garment of a body and gave the soul a visible form. Our bodies are the appearance and the shadow of our souls. At the same time, they are entrusted to our souls. For this reason, our bodies, willingly or unwillingly, remember Allah. For this reason, every created thing is created with Allah's knowledge. Since it is under Allah's rule, it prostrates to Allah in helplessness. Even the body cells of people who rebel against Allah and deny Him remember Allah.

The soul: our bodies, which have been entrusted to the soul, in full obedience to our souls live the Islamic fitrah. Even if the soul itself is in rebellion, its body remembers its Lord. This shows us that there is no other god but Allah, and that every created soul will be called to account. Indeed, our bodies remember Allah even in a non-Muslim. Because it is created upon its fitrah, it is rebellious to the soul, obedient to the soul. Because it is created upon its fitrah, it is rebellious to the soul, obedient to the soul. Tomorrow, on the Day of Resurrection, when the souls are paired, that is, when you come into My presence with a driver, when you come, We silence your mouths, bind your feet, and make your hands speak. According to the verse, it will bear witness against its soul.

And the soul will say exactly this: Why are you bearing witness against me? And the body says: "(?) my Lord says speak"; and according to the verse "We cause you to die twice", after the testimony is over, the bodies will die there a second time. Soul, nafs and life are one. Bodies are separate. In this case, since a person's soul, nafs and life are one, when his account is settled, he will be sent to the place he deserves. Yes.