Quran Verses about Signs of Allah in nature

58 ayahs · from 18 surahs

The Quran names the creation of the heavens and the earth, the alternation of night and day, the sun and the moon, the rain that revives dead land, plants, animals, ships at sea and man's own self as signs of Allah's power and oneness. These signs are said to be for people who reflect, understand, believe and are certain, and Surah Ar-Rum and An-Nahl list them one by one. People are told to look at what is in the heavens and the earth, and are censured for passing them by and turning away.

Signs for those who reflect and believe

  1. إِنَّ فِي خَلۡقِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱخۡتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلَّتِي تَجۡرِي فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِمَا يَنفَعُ ٱلنَّاسَ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن مَّآءٖ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٖ وَتَصۡرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَٰحِ وَٱلسَّحَابِ ٱلۡمُسَخَّرِ بَيۡنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ١٦٤

    Inna fī khalqis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wakhtilāfil-layli wan-nahāri wal-fulkil-latī tajrī fil-baḥri bimā yanfaʿun-nāsa wa mā anzalallāhu minas-samāʾi mim māʾin fa aḥyā bihil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā wa baththa fīhā min kulli dābbatiw wa taṣrīfir-riyāḥi was-saḥābil-musakhkhari baynas-samāʾi wal-arḍi laʾāyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

    Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allāh has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and earth are signs for a people who use reason.

  1. إِنَّ فِي خَلۡقِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱخۡتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ١٩٠

    Inna fī khalqis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wakhtilāfil-layli wan-nahāri laʾāyātil liʾulil-albāb.

    Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding -

  1. إِنَّ فِي ٱخۡتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَّقُونَ ٦

    Inna fikhtilāfil-layli wan-nahāri wa mā khalaqallāhu fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi laʾāyātil liqawmiy yattaqūn.

    Indeed, in the alternation of the night and the day and [in] what Allāh has created in the heavens and the earth are signs for a people who fear Allāh.

  1. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي مَدَّ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۡهَٰرٗاۖ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ جَعَلَ فِيهَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِۖ يُغۡشِي ٱلَّيۡلَ ٱلنَّهَارَۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٣

    Wa huwal-ladhī maddal-arḍa wa jaʿala fīhā rawāsiya wa anhārā, wa min kullith-thamarāti jaʿala fīhā zawjaynithnayn, yughshil-laylan-nahār, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.

    And it is He who spread the earth and placed therein firmly set mountains and rivers; and from all of the fruits He made therein two mates; He causes the night to cover the day. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

  2. وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ قِطَعٞ مُّتَجَٰوِرَٰتٞ وَجَنَّٰتٞ مِّنۡ أَعۡنَٰبٖ وَزَرۡعٞ وَنَخِيلٞ صِنۡوَانٞ وَغَيۡرُ صِنۡوَانٖ يُسۡقَىٰ بِمَآءٖ وَٰحِدٖ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعۡضَهَا عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ فِي ٱلۡأُكُلِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٤

    Wa fil-arḍi qiṭaʿum mutajāwirātuw wa jannātum min aʿnābiw wa zarʿuw wa nakhīlun ṣinwānuw wa ghayru ṣinwāniy yusqā bimāʾiw wāḥidiw wa nufaḍḍilu baʿḍahā ʿalā baʿḍin fil-ukul, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

    And within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise,1 watered with one water; but We make some of them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., only one from a root.
  1. إِنَّ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣

    Inna fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi laʾāyātil lil-muʾminīn.

    Indeed, within the heavens and earth are signs for the believers.

  2. وَفِي خَلۡقِكُمۡ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَآبَّةٍ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُوقِنُونَ ٤

    Wa fī khalqikum wa mā yabuththu min dābbatin āyātul liqawmiy yūqinūn.

    And in the creation of yourselves and what He disperses of moving creatures are signs for people who are certain [in faith].

  3. وَٱخۡتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن رِّزۡقٖ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَا وَتَصۡرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَٰحِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٥

    Wakhtilāfil-layli wan-nahāri wa mā anzalallāhu minas-samāʾi mir rizqin fa aḥyā bihil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā wa taṣrīfir-riyāḥi āyātul liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

    And [in] the alternation of night and day and [in] what Allāh sends down from the sky of provision [i.e., rain] and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and [in His] directing of the winds are signs for a people who reason.

The signs in Surah Ar-Rum

  1. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنۡ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم بَشَرٞ تَنتَشِرُونَ ٢٠

    Wa min āyātihī an khalaqakum min turābin thumma idhā antum basharun tantashirūn.

    And of His signs is that He created you from dust; then, suddenly you were human beings dispersing [throughout the earth].

  2. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنۡ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا لِّتَسۡكُنُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَكُم مَّوَدَّةٗ وَرَحۡمَةًۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٢١

    Wa min āyātihī an khalaqa lakum min anfusikum azwājal litaskunū ilayhā wa jaʿala baynakum mawaddataw wa raḥmah, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.

    And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

  3. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ خَلۡقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱخۡتِلَٰفُ أَلۡسِنَتِكُمۡ وَأَلۡوَٰنِكُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّلۡعَٰلِمِينَ ٢٢

    Wa min āyātihī khalqus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wakhtilāfu alsinatikum wa alwānikum, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil lil-ʿālimīn.

    And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge.

  4. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ مَنَامُكُم بِٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱبۡتِغَآؤُكُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَسۡمَعُونَ ٢٣

    Wa min āyātihī manāmukum bil-layli wan-nahāri wabtighāʾukum min faḍlih, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yasmaʿūn.

    And of His signs is your sleep by night and day and your seeking of His bounty. Indeed in that are signs for a people who listen.

  5. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ يُرِيكُمُ ٱلۡبَرۡقَ خَوۡفٗا وَطَمَعٗا وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَيُحۡيِۦ بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَآۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٢٤

    Wa min āyātihī yurīkumul-barqa khawfaw wa ṭamaʿaw wa yunazzilu minas-samāʾi māʾan fayuḥyī bihil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

    And of His signs is [that] He shows you the lightning [causing] fear and aspiration, and He sends down rain from the sky by which He brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that are signs for a people who use reason.

  6. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَن تَقُومَ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦۚ ثُمَّ إِذَا دَعَاكُمۡ دَعۡوَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِذَآ أَنتُمۡ تَخۡرُجُونَ ٢٥

    Wa min āyātihī an taqūmas-samāʾu wal-arḍu biʾamrih, thumma idhā daʿākum daʿwatam minal-arḍi idhā antum takhrujūn.

    And of His signs is that the heaven and earth stand [i.e., remain] by His command. Then when He calls you with a [single] call from the earth, immediately you will come forth.

The signs in Surah An-Nahl

  1. هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗۖ لَّكُم مِّنۡهُ شَرَابٞ وَمِنۡهُ شَجَرٞ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ ١٠

    Huwal-ladhī anzala minas-samāʾi māʾā, lakum minhu sharābuw wa minhu shajarun fīhi tusīmūn.

    It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].

  2. يُنۢبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ ٱلزَّرۡعَ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبَ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ١١

    Yunbitu lakum bihiz-zarʿa waz-zaytūna wan-nakhīla wal-aʿnāba wa min kullith-thamarāt, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.

    He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and of all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

  3. وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتُۢ بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ١٢

    Wa sakhkhara lakumul-layla wan-nahāra wash-shamsa wal-qamar, wan-nujūmu musakhkharātum biʾamrih, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

    And He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.

  4. وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ١٣

    Wa mā dharaʾa lakum fil-arḍi mukhtalifan alwānuh, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yadhdhakkarūn.

    And [He has subjected] whatever He multiplied for you on the earth of varying colors. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who remember.

  5. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ لِتَأۡكُلُواْ مِنۡهُ لَحۡمٗا طَرِيّٗا وَتَسۡتَخۡرِجُواْ مِنۡهُ حِلۡيَةٗ تَلۡبَسُونَهَاۖ وَتَرَى ٱلۡفُلۡكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٤

    Wa huwal-ladhī sakhkharal-baḥra litaʾkulū minhu laḥman ṭariyyaw wa tastakhrijū minhu ḥilyatan talbasūnahā, wa taral-fulka mawākhira fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihī wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.

    And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

  6. وَأَلۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمۡ وَأَنۡهَٰرٗا وَسُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَهۡتَدُونَ ١٥

    Wa alqā fil-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bikum wa anhāraw wa subulal laʿallakum tahtadūn.

    And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,

  7. وَعَلَٰمَٰتٖۚ وَبِٱلنَّجۡمِ هُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ١٦

    Wa ʿalāmāt, wabin-najmi hum yahtadūn.

    And landmarks. And by the stars they are [also] guided.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Through the desert or the sea at night.
  8. أَفَمَن يَخۡلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخۡلُقُۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ١٧

    Afamay yakhluqu kamal lā yakhluq, afalā tadhakkarūn.

    Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?

  1. أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَيۡءٖ يَتَفَيَّؤُاْ ظِلَٰلُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدٗا لِّلَّهِ وَهُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ ٤٨

    Awalam yaraw ilā mā khalaqallāhu min shayʾiy yatafayyaʾu ẓilāluhū ʿanil-yamīni wash-shamāʾili sujjadal lillāhi wa hum dākhirūn.

    Have they not considered what things Allāh has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allāh, while they [i.e., those creations] are humble.

  1. وَإِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ لَعِبۡرَةٗۖ نُّسۡقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهِۦ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ فَرۡثٖ وَدَمٖ لَّبَنًا خَالِصٗا سَآئِغٗا لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ ٦٦

    Wa inna lakum fil-anʿāmi laʿibrah, nusqīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihī mim bayni farthiw wa damil labanan khāliṣan sāʾighal lish-shāribīn.

    And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.

  2. وَمِن ثَمَرَٰتِ ٱلنَّخِيلِ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنۡهُ سَكَرٗا وَرِزۡقًا حَسَنًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٧

    Wa min thamarātin-nakhīli wal-aʿnābi tattakhidhūna minhu sakaraw wa rizqan ḥasanā, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

    And from the fruits of the palm trees and grapevines you take intoxicant and good provision.1 Indeed in that is a sign for a people who reason.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. This verse was revealed before the prohibition of intoxicants. It alludes to the fact that there are both evil and good possibilities in certain things.
  3. وَأَوۡحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحۡلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِي مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعۡرِشُونَ ٦٨

    Wa awḥā rabbuka ilan-naḥli anittakhidhī minal-jibāli buyūtaw wa minash-shajari wa mimmā yaʿrishūn.

    And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses [i.e., hives], and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.

  4. ثُمَّ كُلِي مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ فَٱسۡلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلٗاۚ يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٞ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءٞ لِّلنَّاسِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٦٩

    Thumma kulī min kullith-thamarāti faslukī subula rabbiki dhululā, yakhruju mim buṭūnihā sharābum mukhtalifun alwānuhū fīhi shifāʾul lin-nās, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.

    Then eat from all the fruits1 and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., delicious substances found by the bee.

Night and day, the sun and the moon

  1. تُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِۖ وَتُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡحَيَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَيِّتِ وَتُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَيِّۖ وَتَرۡزُقُ مَن تَشَآءُ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٖ ٢٧

    Tūlijul-layla fin-nahāri wa tūlijun-nahāra fil-layl, wa tukhrijul-ḥayya minal-mayyiti wa tukhrijul-mayyita minal-ḥayy, wa tarzuqu man tashāʾu bighayri ḥisāb.

    You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to whom You will without account [i.e., limit or measure]."

  1. هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ ضِيَآءٗ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ نُورٗا وَقَدَّرَهُۥ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعۡلَمُواْ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٥

    Huwal-ladhī jaʿalash-shamsa ḍiyāʾaw wal-qamara nūraw wa qaddarahū manāzila litaʿlamū ʿadadas-sinīna wal-ḥisāb, mā khalaqallāhu dhālika illā bil-ḥaqq, yufaṣṣilul-āyāti liqawmiy yaʿlamūn.

    It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allāh has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know.

  1. وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيۡنِۖ فَمَحَوۡنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَجَعَلۡنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبۡصِرَةٗ لِّتَبۡتَغُواْ فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَلِتَعۡلَمُواْ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٖ فَصَّلۡنَٰهُ تَفۡصِيلٗا ١٢

    Wa jaʿalnal-layla wan-nahāra āyatayn, famaḥawnā āyatal-layli wa jaʿalnā āyatan-nahāri mubṣiratal litabtaghū faḍlam mir rabbikum walitaʿlamū ʿadadas-sinīna wal-ḥisāb, wa kulla shayʾin faṣṣalnāhu tafṣīlā.

    And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible1 that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Or "giving sight."
  1. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ٣٣

    Wa huwal-ladhī khalaqal-layla wan-nahāra wash-shamsa wal-qamar, kullun fī falakiy yasbaḥūn.

    And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.

  1. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيۡلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُۚ لَا تَسۡجُدُواْ لِلشَّمۡسِ وَلَا لِلۡقَمَرِ وَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمۡ إِيَّاهُ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٣٧

    Wa min āyātihil-laylu wan-nahāru wash-shamsu wal-qamar, lā tasjudū lish-shamsi wa lā lil-qamari wasjudū lillāhil-ladhī khalaqahunna in kuntum iyyāhu taʿbudūn.

    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 prostrate to Allāh, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., Do not worship Allāh through His creations but worship Him directly and exclusively.

The signs in Surah Ya-Sin

  1. وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةُ أَحۡيَيۡنَٰهَا وَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مِنۡهَا حَبّٗا فَمِنۡهُ يَأۡكُلُونَ ٣٣

    Wa āyatul lahumul-arḍul-maytatu aḥyaynāhā wa akhrajnā minhā ḥabban faminhu yaʾkulūn.

    And a sign for them is the dead earth. We have brought it to life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat.

  2. وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا جَنَّٰتٖ مِّن نَّخِيلٖ وَأَعۡنَٰبٖ وَفَجَّرۡنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡعُيُونِ ٣٤

    Wa jaʿalnā fīhā jannātim min nakhīliw wa aʿnābiw wa fajjarnā fīhā minal-ʿuyūn.

    And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs -

  3. لِيَأۡكُلُواْ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتۡهُ أَيۡدِيهِمۡۚ أَفَلَا يَشۡكُرُونَ ٣٥

    Liyaʾkulū min thamarihī wa mā ʿamilathu aydīhim, afalā yashkurūn.

    That they may eat of His fruit.1 And their hands have not produced it,2 so will they not be grateful?

    Footnotes (2)
    1. i.e., that which Allāh has produced for them.
    2. An alternative meaning is "And [eat from] what their hands have produced [i.e., planted and harvested]." Both are grammatically correct.
  4. سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَزۡوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمِنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٦

    Subḥānal-ladhī khalaqal-azwāja kullahā mimmā tunbitul-arḍu wa min anfusihim wa mimmā lā yaʿlamūn.

    Exalted is He who created all pairs1 - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Or "all species."
  5. وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيۡلُ نَسۡلَخُ مِنۡهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظۡلِمُونَ ٣٧

    Wa āyatul lahumul-laylu naslakhu minhun-nahāra fa idhā hum muẓlimūn.

    And a sign for them is the night. We remove1 from it the [light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Literally, "strip" or "peel." Sunlight projected onto the earth is removed from it as the earth turns and night approaches.
  6. وَٱلشَّمۡسُ تَجۡرِي لِمُسۡتَقَرّٖ لَّهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ ٣٨

    Wash-shamsu tajrī limustaqarril lahā, dhālika taqdīrul-ʿazīzil-ʿalīm.

    And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

  7. وَٱلۡقَمَرَ قَدَّرۡنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلۡعُرۡجُونِ ٱلۡقَدِيمِ ٣٩

    Wal-qamara qaddarnāhu manāzila ḥattā ʿāda kal-ʿurjūnil-qadīm.

    And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.

  8. لَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ يَنۢبَغِي لَهَآ أَن تُدۡرِكَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ٤٠

    Lash-shamsu yanbaghī lahā an tudrikal-qamara wa lal-laylu sābiqun-nahār, wa kullun fī falakiy yasbaḥūn.

    It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.

  9. وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمۡ أَنَّا حَمَلۡنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ٤١

    Wa āyatul lahum annā ḥamalnā dhurriyyatahum fil-fulkil-mashḥūn.

    And a sign for them is that We carried their forefathers1 in a laden ship.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Usually meaning "descendants" or "offspring," the word "dhurriyyah" is used here to denote forefathers (their being the offspring of Noah), who were saved from the flood.
  10. وَخَلَقۡنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثۡلِهِۦ مَا يَرۡكَبُونَ ٤٢

    Wa khalaqnā lahum mim mithlihī mā yarkabūn.

    And We created for them from the likes of it that which they ride.

  11. وَإِن نَّشَأۡ نُغۡرِقۡهُمۡ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنقَذُونَ ٤٣

    Wa in nashaʾ nughriqhum falā ṣarīkha lahum wa lā hum yunqadhūn.

    And if We should will, We could drown them; then no one responding to a cry would there be for them, nor would they be saved

  12. إِلَّا رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنَّا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ٤٤

    Illā raḥmatam minnā wa matāʿan ilā ḥīn.

    Except as a mercy from Us and provision for a time.

Stars, plants, the creatures spread abroad, and man himself

  1. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلنُّجُومَ لِتَهۡتَدُواْ بِهَا فِي ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِۗ قَدۡ فَصَّلۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٩٧

    Wa huwal-ladhī jaʿala lakumun-nujūma litahtadū bihā fī ẓulumātil-barri wal-baḥr, qad faṣṣalnal-āyāti liqawmiy yaʿlamūn.

    And it is He who placed for you the stars that you may be guided by them through the darknesses of the land and sea. We have detailed the signs for a people who know.

  2. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَكُم مِّن نَّفۡسٖ وَٰحِدَةٖ فَمُسۡتَقَرّٞ وَمُسۡتَوۡدَعٞۗ قَدۡ فَصَّلۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَفۡقَهُونَ ٩٨

    Wa huwal-ladhī anshaʾakum min nafsiw wāḥidatin famustaqarruw wa mustawdaʿ, qad faṣṣalnal-āyāti liqawmiy yafqahūn.

    And it is He who produced you from one soul and [gave you] a place of dwelling and of storage.1 We have detailed the signs for a people who understand.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. In the earth. See 77:25-26.
  3. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦ نَبَاتَ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مِنۡهُ خَضِرٗا نُّخۡرِجُ مِنۡهُ حَبّٗا مُّتَرَاكِبٗا وَمِنَ ٱلنَّخۡلِ مِن طَلۡعِهَا قِنۡوَانٞ دَانِيَةٞ وَجَنَّٰتٖ مِّنۡ أَعۡنَابٖ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُشۡتَبِهٗا وَغَيۡرَ مُتَشَٰبِهٍۗ ٱنظُرُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثۡمَرَ وَيَنۡعِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكُمۡ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٩٩

    Wa huwal-ladhī anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa akhrajnā bihī nabāta kulli shayʾin fa akhrajnā minhu khaḍiran nukhriju minhu ḥabbam mutarākibaw wa minan-nakhli min ṭalʿihā qinwānun dāniyatuw wa jannātim min aʿnābiw waz-zaytūna war-rummāna mushtabihaw wa ghayra mutashābih, unẓurū ilā thamarihī idhā athmara wa yanʿih, inna fī dhālikum laʾāyātil liqawmiy yuʾminūn.

    And it is He who sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby the growth of all things. We produce from it greenery from which We produce grains arranged in layers. And from the palm trees - of its emerging fruit are clusters hanging low. And [We produce] gardens of grapevines and olives and pomegranates, similar yet varied. Look at [each of] its fruit when it yields and [at] its ripening. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

  1. لِّنُحۡـِۧيَ بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗا وَنُسۡقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقۡنَآ أَنۡعَٰمٗا وَأَنَاسِيَّ كَثِيرٗا ٤٩

    Linuḥyiya bihī baldatam maytaw wa nusqiyahū mimmā khalaqnā anʿāmaw wa anāsiyya kathīrā.

    That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.

  1. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ خَلۡقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَآبَّةٖۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمۡعِهِمۡ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٞ ٢٩

    Wa min āyātihī khalqus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baththa fīhimā min dābbah, wa huwa ʿalā jamʿihim idhā yashāʾu qadīr.

    And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures. And He, for gathering them when He wills, is competent.

  1. وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ ٢٠

    Wa fil-arḍi āyātul lil-mūqinīn.

    And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

  2. وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٢١

    Wa fī anfusikum, afalā tubṣirūn.

    And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

  1. وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٩

    Wa min kulli shayʾin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūn.

    And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.

The call to look at the signs in the heavens and the earth

  1. أَوَلَمۡ يَنظُرُواْ فِي مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَيۡءٖ وَأَنۡ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَدِ ٱقۡتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمۡۖ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٨٥

    Awalam yanẓurū fī malakūtis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā khalaqallāhu min shayʾiw wa an ʿasā ay yakūna qadiqtaraba ajaluhum, fabiʾayyi ḥadīthim baʿdahū yuʾminūn.

    Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allāh has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement [i.e., message] hereafter will they believe?

  1. قُلِ ٱنظُرُواْ مَاذَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَمَا تُغۡنِي ٱلۡأٓيَٰتُ وَٱلنُّذُرُ عَن قَوۡمٖ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٠١

    Qulinẓurū mādhā fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa mā tughnil-āyātu wan-nudhuru ʿan qawmil lā yuʾminūn.

    Say, "Observe what is in the heavens and the earth." But of no avail will be signs or warners to a people who do not believe.

  1. وَكَأَيِّن مِّنۡ ءَايَةٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيۡهَا وَهُمۡ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضُونَ ١٠٥

    Wa kaʾayyim min āyatin fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi yamurrūna ʿalayhā wa hum ʿanhā muʿriḍūn.

    And how many a sign within the heavens and earth do they pass over while they, therefrom, are turning away.

  1. سَنُرِيهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا فِي ٱلۡأٓفَاقِ وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمۡ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّۗ أَوَلَمۡ يَكۡفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ ٥٣

    Sanurīhim āyātinā fil-āfāqi wa fī anfusihim ḥattā yatabayyana lahum annahul-ḥaqq, awalam yakfi birabbika annahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīd.

    We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth.1 But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?2

    Footnotes (2)
    1. Or "that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) is the Truth."
    2. See footnote of 4:79.
  1. أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ١٧

    Afalā yanẓurūna ilal-ibili kayfa khuliqat.

    Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

  2. وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ١٨

    Wa ilas-samāʾi kayfa rufiʿat.

    And at the sky - how it is raised?

  3. وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩

    Wa ilal-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat.

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

  4. وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ ٢٠

    Wa ilal-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat.

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?