Sharh Thalathat al-Usul by Ibn Uthaymeen (شرح ثلاثة الأصول) — Page 47

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وَالدَّلِيلُ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَمِنْ ءَايَتِهِ الَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ لَا تَسْجُدُوا لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ الَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ﴾ وَقَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ بِأَمْرِهِ أَلَا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْرُ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾.

The evidence is His saying, the Exalted: 'And of His signs are the night and the day and the sun and the moon; do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostrate to Allah, who created them, if it is Him that you worship,' and His saying, the Exalted: 'Indeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne; He covers the night with the day, chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.'

أَيْ وَالدَّلِيلُ عَلَى أَنَّ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَمِنْ ءَايَتِهِ الَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ...﴾ إِلَخْ أَيْ مِنَ الْعَلَامَاتِ الْبَيِّنَةِ الْمُبَيِّنَةِ لِمَدْلُولِهَا اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ فِي ذَاتِهِمَا وَاخْتِلَافِهِمَا، وَمَا أَوْدَعَ اللَّهُ فِيهِمَا مِنْ مَصَالِحِ الْعِبَادِ وَتَقَلُّبَاتِ أَحْوَالِهِمْ، وَكَذَلِكَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ فِي ذَاتِهِمَا وَسَيْرِهِمَا وَانْتِظَامِهِمَا وَمَا يَحْصُلُ بِذَلِكَ مِنْ مَصَالِحِ الْعِبَادِ وَدَفْعِ مَضَارِّهِمْ.

Meaning, the evidence that the night, the day, the sun, and the moon are among the signs of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, is His saying, the Exalted: 'And of His signs are the night and the day...' etc., meaning they are among the clear signs that indicate what they signify, namely the night and the day in their essence and their alternation, and what Allah has deposited within them of benefits for the servants and the fluctuations of their conditions, and likewise the sun and the moon in their essence, their movement, their regularity, and what results from that of benefits for the servants and the warding off of their harms.

ثُمَّ نَهَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى الْعِبَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدُوا لِلشَّمْسِ أَوِ الْقَمَرِ وَإِنْ بَلَغَا مَبْلَغًا عَظِيمًا فِي نُفُوسِهِمْ لِأَنَّهُمَا لَا يَسْتَحِقَّانِ الْعِبَادَةَ لِكَوْنِهِمَا مَخْلُوقَيْنِ، وَإِنَّمَا الْمُسْتَحِقُّ لِلْعِبَادَةِ هُوَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى الَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ.

Then Allah, the Exalted, forbade the servants from prostrating to the sun or the moon, even if they have reached a great status in their souls, because they do not deserve worship as they are created beings; rather, the One who deserves worship is Allah, the Exalted, who created them.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (15 verbs · 32 nouns)

• سَجَدَ — to prostrate
• خَلَقَ — to create
• عَبَدَ — to worship
• دَلِيلٌ — evidence
• قَوْلٌ — saying
• آيَةٌ — sign