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The Sun
الشمس
In the Quran
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١ “By the sun and its brightness”
Translation of the meaning · Saheeh International
The word for “sun” occurs 33 times in 32 verses · Quranic Arabic Corpus lemma count
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تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجٗا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجٗا وَقَمَرٗا مُّنِيرٗا ٦١ “Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon”
Translation of the meaning · Saheeh International
وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيۡلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُۚ لَا تَسۡجُدُواْ لِلشَّمۡسِ وَلَا لِلۡقَمَرِ وَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمۡ إِيَّاهُ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٣٧ “And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostate to Allah, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship”
Translation of the meaning · Saheeh International
Commentary · al-Tabari (d. 310 AH)
Jami' al-Bayan 'an Ta'wil Ay al-Quran · جامع البيان عن تأويل آي القرآن91:1
قسم أقسم ربنا تعالى ذكره بالشمس وضحاها؛ ومعنى الكلام: أقسم بالشمس، وبضحى الشمس.Reviewer's summary (not a translation)
An oath our Lord swore by the sun and its brightness; the meaning is: I swear by the sun and by the sun's morning light. (Researcher's paraphrase of al-Tabari.)
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Commentary · al-Tabari (d. 310 AH)
Jami' al-Bayan 'an Ta'wil Ay al-Quran · جامع البيان عن تأويل آي القرآن25:61
ووجهوا تأويل ذلك إلى أنه جعل فيها الشمس، وهي السراجReviewer's summary (not a translation)
Those who read it this way explained it as: He placed the sun in the sky, and the sun is the lamp. (Researcher's paraphrase of al-Tabari, reporting the reading followed in this mushaf.)
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Explanation (not Quran text)
One chapter of the Quran opens with an oath by the sun and its brightness, drawing attention to something people see every day (91:1). It speaks of a lamp that the Creator placed in the sky, which early commentators identified as the sun (25:61), and says plainly that it is a sign to reflect on, not something to worship: prostration belongs to Allah who created it (41:37). The Prophet ﷺ taught that the sun and the moon do not eclipse because of anyone's death or birth; they are two of Allah's signs (al-Bukhari 1042).
In the hadith
Numbering: standard Bukhari numbering (Fath al-Bari)
حَدَّثَنَا أَصْبَغُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُخْبِرُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. " إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لاَ يَخْسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلاَ لِحَيَاتِهِ، وَلَكِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهَا فَصَلُّوا ".
Narrated Ibn `Umar:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the death or life (i.e. birth) of someone but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah. When you see them offer the prayer
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