سورة الفُرقان

Surah Al-Furqân 25:46

The Standard of Truth and Falsehood · Verse 46 of 77

ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَاهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًا يَسِيرًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

Then (as the sun rises higher in the sky), We withdraw it (- the shadow) to Ourselves; a gradual withdrawing.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then We draw it in towards Ourselves,- a contraction by easy stages.

Ahmed Ali

Then We draw it back to Us, withdrawing it little by little.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And then (as the sun rises), We gradually draw it back up towards Us.

Daryabadi

Then We draw it toward Us with an easy drawing.

Faridul Haque

We then gradually withdraw it towards Us.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then We take it to Ourselves, taking little by little.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Them WE draw it in towards Ourselves, drawing in little by little.

Muhammad Asad

and then, [after having caused it to lengthen,] We draw it in towards Ourselves with a gradual drawing-in.

Muhammad Musin Khan

Then We withdraw it to Us a gradual concealed withdrawal.

Muhammad Pickthall

Then We withdraw it unto Us, a gradual withdrawal?

Muhammad Sarwar

Then He reduces it in gradual steps.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Then We take it to Ourselves, taking little by little.

Rashad Khalifa

But we designed it to move slowly.

Shabbir Ahmed

Then We gradually withdraw it to Us, a gradual withdrawal.

Commentary 25:45-46 This and the previous verse are a metaphorical allusion to the rise, progress, power, and decline of Muslims, and illustrate it as the example of a…

On 25:45–46

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ الظِّلَّ وَلَوْ شَاءَ لَجَعَلَهُ سَاكِنًا ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا الشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًا﴿٤٥﴾ ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَاهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًا يَسِيرًا

25:45-46 This and the previous verse are a metaphorical allusion to the rise, progress, power, and decline of Muslims, and illustrate it as the example of a phenomenon of nature. An object in the proximity of a source of light casts a large shadow; as it recedes, the shadow shrinks. The early Muslims, being nearer to the Muhammadan light, cast their shadows to faraway lands. As time passed, and the distance to the Muhammadan light increased, the shadows decreased. When the sun is in the back of an object its shadow lengthens; similarly when Allâh is behind the Muslims their power and influence increases. As in many other places in the Holy Qur’ân, the abrupt change from the third-person pronoun “He” to the first-person plural “We” is meant to illustrate the fact that Allâh is indefinable—that it is only the inadequacy of human speech that makes it necessary to refer to the Supreme Being by pronouns, which in reality are applicable only to finite, created persons. The change from “He” to “We” also indicates the employment of several forces by Allâh in that particular process. The references to Allâh, through “He,” “We,” “I,” or “Allâh,” which sometimes even occur within a single sentence, are not haphazard and accidental and are not even what one might call poetic license, but are deliberate and ultra-linguistic devices. “I” and “My” are expressions of closeness between servant and Master (87:27-29; 20:12-15; 28:30). Through “We” and “Our” form He is referring to His might, majesty, kingship and sovereignty. In His He-ness, nothing is like Him as He says in His own words (42:11). And “Allâh” is the proper name combining all His Attributes.