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Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 61 (29:61)

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وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ …

Quran 29:61 is ayah 61 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 403 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:61
وَلَئِنسَأَلْتَهُممَّنْخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَوَسَخَّرَٱلشَّمْسَوَٱلْقَمَرَلَيَقُولُنَّٱللَّهُ ۖفَأَنَّىٰيُؤْفَكُونَ٦١
wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wasakhara l-shamsa wal-qamara layaqūlunna l-lahu fa-annā yu'fakūna

If you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Then how are they deluded?(61)

Word by word

  1. وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
  2. سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
  3. مَّنْmanWho
  4. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
  5. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  6. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
  7. وَسَخَّرَwasakharaand subjected
  8. ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
  9. وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon
  10. لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaSurely they would say
  11. ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
  12. فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāThen how
  13. يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnaare they deluded

Tafsir (commentary) of 29:61

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This commentary explains ayahs 29:61–63 together.

Evidences of Tawhid

Allah states that there is no God but He. The idolators who worshipped others besides Him recognized that He was the sole creator of the heavens and earth, the sun and the moon, alternating the night and day. They acknowledged that He was the Creator Who provided for His servants and decreed how long they should live. He made them and their provision different, so that some were rich and some were poor, and He knew best what was suitable for each of them, who deserved to be rich and who deserved to be poor. So, Allah stated that He has alone created everything, and that He alone is controlling them -- if this is how it is, then why worship anyone else Why put one's trust in anyone else Since dominion is His Alone, then let worship be for Him Alone. Allah often establishes His divinity by referring to their acknowledgement of His Unique Lordship, because the idolators used to acknowledge His Lordship, as they said in their Talbiyah (during Hajj and `Umrah: "At Your service, You have no partner, except the partner that You have, and You possess him and whatever he has."

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